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Fraser's Mobile Garage
(720) 763-8444
1535 Garland ST Unit 2
Lakewood, CO
Roos Only - Subaru's Only
(303) 225-9456
3395 S Federal Blvd
Denver, CO
Car Care Auto Service
(720) 884-9960
1575 Allison St
Denver, CO
Randy's Tire & Auto
(720) 249-5285
1059 W Littleton Blvd
Littleton, CO
Autotek Auto Repair
(720) 306-7751
7939 E Arapahoe Rd
Greenwood Village, CO
B's Auto Inc
(303) 578-4920
1236 E Hampden Ave
Englewood, CO
S & A Transmission
(303) 481-6406
2755 W Hampden Ave
Sheridan, CO
Arvada Auto Tech
(720) 763-8226
5395 Marshall St
Arvada, CO
DIA Auto Service
(720) 949-7883
7680 Pena Blvd
Denver, CO
Finn Mototech
(720) 315-7504
555 Alter St
Broomfield, CO
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Tech In Training - Monitoring Emission Efficiency with O2 Sensors: Tomorrow's Technician


As modern OBD II technology marches on, its clear that the zirconia-based oxygen sensor now is being sold more as a basic repair part than as a preventive maintenance part, and it changes the way technicians diagnose and sell oxygen sensors. To illustrate the difference, understand that an oxygen sensor replacement used to be considered part of an engine tune up that may have involved periodically adjusting air/fuel mixtures, ignition timing, idle speeds, valve lash and replacing fouled spark plugs. Today, most shops replace spark plugs and filters as part of scheduled maintenance and, when a malfunction indicator engine light (MIL) complaint does arise, they use scan tool-based technology to determine if an oxygen sensor is the cause.

Keep in mind, too, that during the early 1980s, oxygen sensors quickly became contaminated with fuel-borne dirt and ethyl lead gasoline, not to mention oil ash from oil-consuming engines. In most cases, the OBD I Check Engine light wouldnt illuminate until the oxygen sensor became marginal in performance.

Today, fuel is refined to higher standards and engines run much cleaner, which means that an oxygen sensor replacement is needed only when an OBD II system detects degradation in oxygen sensor performance. When degradation is detected, the PCM turns on the MIL to warn the driver and to indicate to the technician that an oxygen sensor-related diagnostic trouble code has been stored in the PCMs diagnostic memory.
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