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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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Need some help where to relocate the 02 sensors. Most of the kits out there already have the 02 bungs welded in place of the down pipe/S pipe. But for those like me who pieced there kit together, where is the best place for these to go or does it matter??
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put primary o2 sensor in the upper part of the down pipe, secondary on the s-pipe, and follow directions on your wideband for thier suggested location.
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Originally Posted by crush02342002
put primary o2 sensor in the upper part of the down pipe, secondary on the s-pipe, and follow directions on your wideband for thier suggested location.
Cool man Thanks!
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Personally, I dont have a downstream 02 sensor hooked up, but I have my primary about 7-8" from the turbo in my downpipe, than have my wideband about 3" from the stock primary. Ive heard stories about if you put a wideband sensor too far back in the exhaust stream, it wont be as accurate due to the lower egt's - dont know if this is true but Ive heard it a few times.
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Originally Posted by thendawg
Personally, I dont have a downstream 02 sensor hooked up, but I have my primary about 7-8" from the turbo in my downpipe, than have my wideband about 3" from the stock primary. Ive heard stories about if you put a wideband sensor too far back in the exhaust stream, it wont be as accurate due to the lower egt's - dont know if this is true but Ive heard it a few times.
Hmmm really!? And your car runs fine? I would figure that not having o2's hooked up would make your ECU go crazy cause it's not reading the downstream.
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go easy dawg..lol
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lol nah no rant this time 2nd 02 sensor only checks cat efficiency - if you have it disconnected you'll get a CEL (I think its like bank 1 sensor 2 heater circuit malfunction?). Well something like that - but no, it wont affect anything, other than seeing the CEL
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boosted car with no CEL = win
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Haha yeah - Ive been debating trying to find a secondary 02 so i could rig up a couple antifoulers and actually be CEL free
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Originally Posted by thendawg
lol nah no rant this time 2nd 02 sensor only checks cat efficiency - if you have it disconnected you'll get a CEL (I think its like bank 1 sensor 2 heater circuit malfunction?). Well something like that - but no, it wont affect anything, other than seeing the CEL
Oh ok cool
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