Replacing O2 Sensor
01-24-2008, 10:45 AM
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wow I really need to get that sensor replaced!!!!! I am hoping that it also solves the problem I have when I am idle (i.e. at a red light or ever when I am coasting down a hill) my car starts bucking/shaking/studdering and my interior lights dim and i lose power in the fan for the heat. it acts like it is just doing to die. as soon as I step on the gas everything comes right back. so, what i've been doing is shifting into neutral when i am at a light so i can give it some gas. do you think this has to do with the O2 sensor as well?????
01-25-2008, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by christie0278
thank you, the picture helps alot. I am hoping that I can find someone to help me do it. I would hate to pay a mechanic again. I think i've put about $2100.00 in this car in the past 6 months!
What did you have to do that cost $2100? Not trying to take this off topic, but thats really quite insane.
Originally Posted by christie0278
wow I really need to get that sensor replaced!!!!! I am hoping that it also solves the problem I have when I am idle (i.e. at a red light or ever when I am coasting down a hill) my car starts bucking/shaking/studdering and my interior lights dim and i lose power in the fan for the heat. it acts like it is just doing to die. as soon as I step on the gas everything comes right back. so, what i've been doing is shifting into neutral when i am at a light so i can give it some gas. do you think this has to do with the O2 sensor as well?????
make SURE its an AC Delco oxygen sensor...the only other sensor that would be OK is a denso, but that is absolute last resort. NOTHING else. ESPECIALLY not Bosch.
01-26-2008, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by christie0278
thank you, the picture helps alot. I am hoping that I can find someone to help me do it. I would hate to pay a mechanic again. I think i've put about $2100.00 in this car in the past 6 months!
You'll get dirty, but again, you have kids, you've had worse, and you'll probably bark your knuckles, but again, you have kids, so you've obviously had worse pain...
Believe me, diving in under the hood and working on something, then having it start up and purr, is one of the best feelings in the world.
01-26-2008, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by wjcollier07
Originally Posted by christie0278
thank you, the picture helps alot. I am hoping that I can find someone to help me do it. I would hate to pay a mechanic again. I think i've put about $2100.00 in this car in the past 6 months!
What did you have to do that cost $2100? Not trying to take this off topic, but thats really quite insane.
Originally Posted by christie0278
also I thought I would mention a few things I haev already replaced in the car...maybe someone can tell me what to expect next. (180,000 miles on the car!)
spelling doesn't count!
-rack and pinion
-master cylinder
-computer
-alternator
-intake manifold
-exhaust&muffler (twice, but i guess that'* to be expected)
-all fuel lines
I think that'* about it, but I'm sure there'* more that I can't remember!
spelling doesn't count!
-rack and pinion
-master cylinder
-computer
-alternator
-intake manifold
-exhaust&muffler (twice, but i guess that'* to be expected)
-all fuel lines
I think that'* about it, but I'm sure there'* more that I can't remember!
01-26-2008, 01:49 PM
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2100 is alot to most of us because we do our own work. If the car is constantly in the shop, however, most of that will be paid for labor. From that perspective, that really is on par.
Have you cleaned out your throttle body, particularly the MAF sensor and the idle air control valve? It'* amazing how much crud can come out of the IAC passage on the throttle body.
Have you cleaned out your throttle body, particularly the MAF sensor and the idle air control valve? It'* amazing how much crud can come out of the IAC passage on the throttle body.
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