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Old Mar 21, 2003 | 12:37 AM
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What 2 do with O2

When installing the longtubes you unhook all the O2 sensors, i oreder the lt's with no o2 bungegs. so what do i need to do with the sensors can i leave them unplugged or what!
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 12:47 AM
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I also already removed cats a while ago with no ses light or no extentions or disablers either, i will get the CPU programed in the summer but can i drive it with the O2 unplugged
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:06 AM
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ses light will be on fuel milage will suck car will either run full rich becouse it thinks its running lean or it think thers a problem with o2 so it goes to preset 14.1 fuel ratio lose a little power and fuel milage
maybe can get o2 similators what the pcm dont know wont hurt or you could cut a hole in the hedders and weld a nut to em and skrew the sensors in thats what id do i think they run better when pcm can give the right amount of fuel
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:11 AM
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Already oreder them today and cant weld so is it possible it would still run good with a SES light then?
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:25 AM
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Originally posted by Wildwill532
Already oreder them today and cant weld so is it possible it would still run good with a SES light then?
it will run fine but as stated above... you gas mileage will likely suffer.
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:33 AM
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As long as it runs fine, i can handle the gas till i get it reprogramed thats cool then
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:33 AM
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a muffler shop could do the welding shouldnt charg much i would definatly do the similators or the o2 if you run rich you will put so much gas in the motor itll wash you cylinder walls and couse prematur wear when rings scrap metal becouse gas washes oil off the walls
similators are like $50 for a shop to weld on the nuts probable $25 just guessing but not much to it
id go with the o2 sensors
they can welh em off the car if not installed would be easier just put em close enough to reach
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 02:44 AM
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I agree totally with viperkiller. Definately get this taken care of. You can go to any muffler shop and they will weld in the O2 bungs. It does not cost much and will save your motor. Your car will also run PIG rich.
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 06:45 AM
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This all takes money man, I barely had the 513 for what i orderd, about the only thing i can do is like you said go to a muffler shop and then to save more money i can cut my old bunges off the existing pipe i think but i will have to drive it for a while though about 3 weeks or so before i can pay to do that
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 07:00 AM
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Would it be possible for me to get a size smaller drill bit than the O2 sesor is and drill a hole and screw it in really nice and snug and put this HI Temp clay around the edge of it?
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 08:34 AM
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Which O2 sensors are you talking about? What year is your car? No matter what you must run front O2 sensors, they help adjust the Air/Fuel ratio. You're going to need to have bungs welded into the header collectors. (If your car is 96+) As for O2 sims on the rear O2 sensors, it won't make any difference whether or not you have them other than an SES light, but it won't hurt performance/gas mileage.
Old Mar 21, 2003 | 01:07 PM
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The ones in front, when i orderd the headers i compleatly forgot about these, so it is possible to take a 18mm drill bit and drill a hole on each collector and screw them in tightly?




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