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Subject:Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:14:32 -0400
At 12:37 PM 9/26/2008, Jim Felder wrote:
>When I test this second O2 sensor, I hook up my digital meter (set to
>2v) and it starts out at zero as the car warms and eventually tops out
>and hovers (at idle) just over .800.

Assuming the sensor is *not* hooked to the ECU, that sounds
reasonable.  It has no output until it gets hot, then it's showing rich.

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