94 pathfinder, check engine light is on

May 14, 2004 6 Replies

I have a 94 Nissan Pathfinder and the check engine light is on. I pulled the battery terminals to reset the light, that worked for a couple of weeks. The light came back on, pull the bat again, the light came back on again. I always make sure the gas cap is snug, so I am sure it's not that. I was going to change the Oxygen Sensor but it is a bit expensive and I don't know if that is what is causing the problems.



So, my question is, is there anyway that I can find out what caused the "check engine" light to come on?



If so, please reply Thanks Jeremy


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The Pathfinder is the same.

The O2 sensor is usually the culprit in this situation. Unfortunately, I believe that engine has two of them, and it takes a diagnostic tool of some sort to determine which sensor is bad.

ypu'll probably have to change both O2 sensors - because it might not pass Inspection.

Change your O2 sensor. On my 94 Pathfinder, there's only one sensor, not two. It is located on the exhaust pipe after the y-pipe on the driver's side. You can't miss the thing.

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I also have a 94 and the last 2 State inspections (TX) - it had to be tested

2 times - each time the guy said that OS2 might be going bad, but it passed the inspection per guidelines.

When did you change yours - date / milage?

I have 183,000 and still havent had to change it. Ya your right - after thinking about it - the 94 only has 1 OS2.

my local Foreign Car parts house has it for $110.00 with the factory connnector / or for $62.00 and you splice the wires yourself.

Unfortunately,

Have you retrieved the DTC code from the ECU? if not then you might be on a wild goose chase. Get the code from ECU, a $15 Chilton manual will tell you how to retrieve it(and other info regarding ur car ;) ). That will be a good start.

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