No O2 sensors OK?

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Jan 22, 2012 | 02:31 PM
  #1  
Can I run with no O2 sensors? Just would be for a few days and nothing but around town driving. The exhaust I'm doing does not have sensor bungs on it yet. Obviously will get a CEL.
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Jan 22, 2012 | 02:37 PM
  #2  
Quote: Can I run with no O2 sensors? Just would be for a few days and nothing but around town driving. The exhaust I'm doing does not have sensor bungs on it yet. Obviously will get a CEL.
The ecu uses the wideband O2 sensor to check air:fuel ratio. No sensor means that your engine has no control at all. I guess that it would go into limp mode, but I wouldn't drive mine this way, unless I had to go to the emergency room.

Jon
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Jan 22, 2012 | 03:31 PM
  #3  
you need the pre cat o2s ... leave your car parked... I would not drive it...
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Jan 22, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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ME7.8 relies on the Pre-Cat O2's. They are true widebands just like the Audi/VW/BMW/etc. use. Usually when an o2 dies on both a wideband/narrowband setup they do not stop reading completely they just start to read slower and slower... You've been around cars with a failing front o2 (narrowband style) before I assume, where it will not idle for crap or drive for crap. Multiply that by like 5 because these cars cannot even really truely run Speed Density like other cars can.
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Jan 22, 2012 | 05:56 PM
  #5  
Well.. Figured this may be the result. il just have to get these bungs done first then. No big deal, just would have made a couple of things easy. Sometimes doesn't work like that. Thanks for help guys.
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