Honda Civic 1999, P0135, Oxygen Sensor Change, D16Y7 --- The Story....

On Feb 25, 8:08*am, hobbes > wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2:43*pm, hobbes > wrote:
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> > On Jan 15, 8:46*pm, hobbes > wrote:
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> > > Hi Jeffery,
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> > > I was reading some of your posts about your overheating engine, sorry
> > > to learn you are having some much trouble. I am afraid I am not an
> > > expert in cars and am sort of learning as I go along .....
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> > > Oxygen Sensors are more to do with emissions than overheating engines.
> > > If a sensor fails it usually fails safe. Say you cut all the wires to
> > > the sensor, the engine will still run because the ECM car computer
> > > uses a default value and keeps your car running. Your catalytic
> > > converter may suffer a bit as will your miles per gallon petrol usage,
> > > but it is usually O.K. to drive around for a few days until you can
> > > bring the car to a repair place.
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> > > The fact that your battery light came on and the oil presure light I
> > > think means your engine stopped running. This means the servo
> > > assistance on the brakes also is not there. Your foot brakes will
> > > work, but they are much harder to push because there is no engine to
> > > help apply preasure. Likewise you may have found the steering also
> > > harder to turn the wheel. Again the power assistance to the steering
> > > may also have been lost.
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> > > I think your temperature gauge is not lying and there is also a high
> > > temp warning light and I did not see you mentioning that coming on. So
> > > I think your engine did not overheat in this instance.
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> > > Hope you can get your puppy fixed up OK.
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> > > Warmest regards, Mike.
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> > > On Jan 15, 6:45*pm, "Jeffrey D." > wrote:
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> > > > hobbes, just a clarification.
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> > > > When the check engine light turned on or flashed on, did you have
> > > > trouble working on the brakes? I mean were the breaks and accelerator
> > > > was really hard to push making you to stop???
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> > > > I had the same problem - the oil pressure and battery lights flashed
> > > > on while i was driving and it was too difficult to push for the brakes
> > > > to the floor and I used the handbreak instead to stop the
> > > > car...somebody told me it was due to overheating that's why the lights
> > > > flashed. But i did not see the temp gauge moving up to the maximum....
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> > > > So this is also an O2 sensor failure???
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> > > > thanks!!!
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> > Hi,
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> > I just filled up with Petrol and over 197.3 miles I used 6.135 Gallons
> > of petrol. So I have about 32 MPG. This I think is what I was getting
> > before on my average weekly usage. I had two days worth running with
> > the Check Engine Light on, and about five days with the new Oxygen
> > Sensor installed. I suspect that the old O2 sensor was still working,
> > just that the heater bit was broken. Hence I was only getting bad fuel
> > consumption when the car is cold which is not for very long.
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> > So far the car runs like it was before. I cannot tell the difference.
> > So I gues so far the Oxygen Sensor is working O.K.
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> > Finger crossed ..... Mike.- Hide quoted text -
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> It has been a month now .... still OK .... touch wood....
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> Best, Mike.- Hide quoted text -
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At at about the two month point since I put in that Bosch Oxygen
Sensor. Running good. The MPG is really no change and I average about
31 MPG which is what I used to get. So that is about 800 miles on the
car.

Best, Mike.