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What is a fuel oxygen censor?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The O2 sensor is normally in your air intake, or throttle body. It moniters the air flow into the motor that mixes with the fuel. Your CPU controls how much air goes into the engine. A rich fuel mixture robs horsepower while a lean fuel mixture robs reliability. All in all, the Fuel/oxygen sensor measures rich/lean and adjusts the mixturea ccordingly

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