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Fort Washington Auto Body and Repair
(301) 965-0646
6100 Livingston Road
Oxon Hill, MD
AAMCO
(571) 482-8997
632 S. Pickett St.
Alexandria, VA
Superior Auto Service
(301) 541-3990
12298 Wilkins Ave
Rockville, MD
County Transmissions Inc
(703) 345-9943
320 Dominion Rd NE
Vienna, VA
Jacob's Autorama Inc.
(301) 202-2979
107 N Stonestreet Ave
Rockville, MD
AMMCO Marlow heights
(301) 909-5978
3501 Pohanka
Marlow heights, MD
Beltway Auto Care Inc
(301) 909-5947
11844 Coakley Cir
Rockville, MD
Preferred Automotive
(301) 836-1569
12356 Wilkins Avenue
Rockville, MD
Park Road Auto Svc
(301) 485-6899
202 Park Rd # B
Rockville, MD
Certified Auto Repair, Inc.
(301) 364-4827
202 Park Rd
Rockville, MD
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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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