04 Civic EX CEL P0135 and P0134
 

On Oct 2, 9:56*pm, jim beam > wrote:
> On 10/02/2011 06:32 PM, Tegger wrote:
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> > jim > *wrote :
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> >> On 10/02/2011 02:24 PM, Tegger wrote:
> >>> > * wrote in news:83d63650-e30b-4d71-b095-
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> >>>> EX Automatic (1.7 VTEC) had CEL of P0134 Bank1 Sensor 1. I tested
> >>>> the whte and green plug lead (heater) and was extremely his
> >>>> resistance. I changed for a $ 70 OEM Denso.
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> >>>> Now I get P0135 O2 Circuit not Active Bank 1. Could it be the wrong
> >>>> O2 sensor or a bad one out of the box ?
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> >>> Your car needs an A/F sensor, not an oxygen sensor. A/F sensors
> >>> operate on a different principle from ordinary oxygen sensors.
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> >> more commonly known as an afr [air fuel ratio] sensor, otherwise known
> >> as a wide band sensor. *it most definitely /is/ an oxygen sensor.
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> > Technically true, but the trade refers to the two by different names.
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> > If you need an "air/fuel" ("A/F") sensor, you need to ask for that, not an
> > "oxygen sensor", regardless of whether you preface the phrase "oxygen
> > sensor" with "narrowband" or "wideband".
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> i'd rather we stuck with the technically true than the colloquially
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Back from travelling and removed the $ 70.00 O2 sensor (NAPA sold me
the one for VTEC-E engine). New one was $ 298.00 Installed and cleared
codes.
Car is good as new !