The check engine light will appear. USUALLY A GOOD OBDII SCANNER WILL TELL YOU WHICH O2 SENSOR IS FAULTY EITHER BE A SPECIFIC CODE OR DIRECTLY. THE CHEAP SCAN TOOLS MAY ONLY TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE AN "o2 FAULT"
If your car has OBD2(96 and newer) they will hook up a code reader. If you do have a bad O2 sensor the scanner can tell which one is bad. Most v6 and v8 engine have 4 sensors.
there are at least 4 on it one on each side of the motor on the manifolds one before and after the cat convertor you have to take it to a shop and they can tell you which one is bad.
If its just one sensor, it is usually about $90 each sensor. Just a recommendation, do not use the wire yourself models, they don't last as long. Keep in mind that there are 4 02 sensors on that rig. You will need to get a obd unit to scan the problem and tell you what sensor on what bank is bad. Hope that helps
Mitsubishi Galant, 2002, 4-cyl, O2 sensor, bank 1 sensor 1 (upstream)... PART NUMBER: MR506364
4 wires, the black ones are the O2 heater (on the sensor side), the white and green are the O2 sensor itself
First you need to determine which O2 sensor needs to be replaced, there could be up to 4 of them if you have duel exhaust. A bad O2 sensor would illuminate the check engine light in which case the code(s) stored would lead you to the faulty sensor. Once you have determined which O2 sensor needs to be replaced, unplug the O2 sensor harness from the vehicles harness. If you are replacing the sensor with a new one go ahead and cut the wires off of the old sensor. This will allow you to slip a 7/8" box wrench over the sensor to remove it CCW. Install the new sensor and tighten it with a 7/8" open end wrench and tighten as you would a spark plug. No need to over tighten it. Reconnect the new O2 sensor to the vehicles harness, done.
You don't. Buy the correct sensor.
Bank 1 is the bank of cylinders that contain cylinder 1. The O2 Sensor 1 is the O2 sensor located in the exhaust system between the cylinder head and the catalytic converter, also known as the "upstream" O2 sensor.
DTC P0141 Indicates "O2 Sensor Heater Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1 Sensor 2)". Bank 1 Sensor 2 is the HO2S after the catalytic converter.On a 4 cylinder engine it is the sensor on or after cat. It could be a bad wire or a bad ecm most of the time it is the Sensor that goes bad. On a 6 cylinder engine with 4 oxygen sensors it is the bank with cylinder one, sensor after catalytic convertor.
The sensor between the cat and the engine is the air fuel ratio sensor, it looks like an o2 sensor. The o2 sensor is between the cat and the tail pipe. The forward sensor is the af sensor t he rear one is the o2 sensor. Thar answer is for the calif. vehicles. Fed may be different but I dont think the 4 runner had two o2s like some of the sedans. fairly visable tho.
the upstream O2 sensor is directly below thethe exhaust manifold flanges, above the catalytic converter. The downstream O2 sensor is in the exhaust pipe. Disconnect the electrical connectors and screw it out
cats maybe bad The problem causing the trouble codes must be addressed before clearing the codes will do any good. The O2 sensors will still be bad no matter how many times you do it. How do you know that all of the o2 sensors are bad? did you test them, did you get multiple codes for sensor failure displaying bank 1 sensor 1, bank 1 sensor 2, bank 2 sensor 1, and bank 2 sensor 2? Get a proper diagnosis, you are probably looking at 1 bad sensor and you need to know which one. On board diagnostics are great but they cannot self repair a vehicle.