Thanks in advance for your help. My 96 JGC Laredo is spitting out the codes for the O2 sensor circuit and MAP sensor problems (engine light is on)- I tested the MAP sensor with a multitester, and it checks out - I tested the O2 sensor and it reads 0.0 volts continous. I am about to go on a 5 hour trip and am wondering if I should definately replace it or just ignore the engine light?? (could use an extra $50 for my trip)
Please help! Im leaving in a couple of hours!
You could use that money up in extra gas if the computer thinks it is running too lean and puts it full rich or burn out a piston if it thinks it's running too rich and holds it lean.
I would change it.
Isn't it always just before a trip that something stupid lets go? With me it always seems to be a u-joint gone...
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sAmadeus wrote:
Not replacing the 02 sensor could or will make the engine run rich, possibably killing the catalitic converter in the process. Plus changing it out could increase your gas milage, a slight savings.
Kevin in Iowa
99XJAmadeus did pass the time by typing:
Your ZJ is going to run rich and your milage will suffer. For the short-term you might be OK but long term you will melt the catalytic convertor and carbon up your engine.
If I were you, I would replace the O2 sensor. Marginal is one thing, dead is something else.
NAPA has them.
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