car wont pass emissions

crispyboy

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Ever since i took the o2 sensor out of my car my check engine light turned on for months. i went to put it back in and it never turned off. i went to advanced auto and had them check to see what the problem was and they told me it was the o2 sensor #2 so i replaced it and it still hasnt turned off. it went threw emissins and failed again. i had a buddy of mine try to reset it and it still wont turn off. its driving me nuts!! PLEASE HELP! I have 60 days to fix
 

Gunner

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Year make and model?

You can pull out your 02 sensor and test them to make sure they are good, if they are you have a different problem.

You can check to see if the heater in the O2 sensor has failed fairly quickly. Unplug the sensor from the wiring harness. With an ohm meter measure the resistance across the 2 white wires. It should measure almost a short and most likely under 1 ohm. If you get no reading or high resistance the heater circuit has indeed failed and you need a new O2 sensor. If it reads almost a short the sensor is not at fault and there's a problem in the wiring harness.

Oxygen Sensor Test

Tools needed to perform these tests: Voltmeter

Step 1: Once the oxygen sensor sensing wire has been located connect a volt meter to the feedback wire and ground. Select the millivolt operation on the meter.

Step 2: Next, start and run the engine at idle until warm (about 15 minutes). Observe the voltmeter; it should bounce slightly at whatever voltage the sensor is centered at (about 150 millivolts).

Step 3: Continue to observe the meter and have a helper rap the throttle. The meter should drop for a split second as the mixture leans out in the first milliseconds of the throttle bore being opened. Then quickly rise for a spit second as the throttle closes and the mixture richens. The volt meter should stabilize at the original operating voltage when the engine returns to idle.
 


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Resetting an o2 sensor code, the cel usually won't come back on for a few miles. Are you sure he reset the codes successfully? Just undo the negative terminal to your battery for 5 minutes or so.
 

crispyboy

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I did try disconnecting the battery for over five minutes and when I connected it back and started the car it stayed off for about five seconds and turned back on. You think maybe water got inside of the wiring harnesses when I disconnected it before a while back and drove around for months with no o2 sensor connected?
 


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Pull the codes again from a reader, or jump the connector, just to make sure you're still getting o2 codes and not something different
 

crispyboy

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Problem solved.. Ii took a hammer to it and beat the piss out of the cat. There must have been some build up in it. Time to hit the emissions up and see what happens.
 


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