Can i put my wideband 02 sensor here? (pic)
15 July 2009, 04:36 PM
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Can i put my wideband 02 sensor here? (pic)
As above, have a bung in my gtspecs which it fits nicely into. any reason i cannot put it here? saves me drilling my downpipe atleast. its just a sensor not a controller iv got
If not, why not?
Anyone else got one - and wheres yours and why?
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Jon
If not, why not?
Anyone else got one - and wheres yours and why?
Ta!
Jon
16 July 2009, 12:19 PM
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Do not fit it.
It's arguable too hot at the collector and will shorten the life of the sensor, although you could fit it there with a standoff to reduce the temperature the sensor is subjected to.
Also, if you fit the sensor without the controller for significant time running the sensor will be damaged by carbon.
It's arguable too hot at the collector and will shorten the life of the sensor, although you could fit it there with a standoff to reduce the temperature the sensor is subjected to.
Also, if you fit the sensor without the controller for significant time running the sensor will be damaged by carbon.
16 July 2009, 07:03 PM
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Its not a controller its a sensor for a guage.
if its too hot at the collector, surly its gonna be hotter at the downpipe after its blasted through a hot turbo? no?
if its too hot at the collector, surly its gonna be hotter at the downpipe after its blasted through a hot turbo? no?
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Do not fit it.
It's arguable too hot at the collector and will shorten the life of the sensor, although you could fit it there with a standoff to reduce the temperature the sensor is subjected to.
Also, if you fit the sensor without the controller for significant time running the sensor will be damaged by carbon.
It's arguable too hot at the collector and will shorten the life of the sensor, although you could fit it there with a standoff to reduce the temperature the sensor is subjected to.
Also, if you fit the sensor without the controller for significant time running the sensor will be damaged by carbon.
Interesting, thats the position of my std sensor.
Would it be worthwhile moving it to the down pipe as per later cars?
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I moved mine when i had a rare failure the tip of the sensor came off @ 60,000 ish miles and first place it goes is straight into the turbo 
GAME OVER not good new turbo later and i moved it to down pipe so if it ever happens again it will come out of the exhaust without damage i have never seen it happen before in any customers cars but have heard of it from other garages very rare i think 
GAME OVER not good new turbo later and i moved it to down pipe so if it ever happens again it will come out of the exhaust without damage i have never seen it happen before in any customers cars but have heard of it from other garages very rare i think
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I moved mine when i had a rare failure the tip of the sensor came off @ 60,000 ish miles and first place it goes is straight into the turbo GAME OVER not good new turbo later and i moved it to down pipe so if it ever happens again it will come out of the exhaust without damage i have never seen it happen before in any customers cars but have heard of it from other garages very rare i think
GAME OVER not good new turbo later and i moved it to down pipe so if it ever happens again it will come out of the exhaust without damage i have never seen it happen before in any customers cars but have heard of it from other garages very rare i think and yea thats the standard position for early cars Wrighty
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Innovate recommend having the wideband sensor at least 6 inches post-turbo. Putting it where you suggest will reduce the sensor life and will probably require a heat sink fitted to keep the sensor cool enough (it generates errors when it gets too hot).
The exhaust after the turbo is much cooler and less turbulent than the exhaust before the turbo. The exhaust heats up the turbo, not the other way round.
172sport: The oxygen sensor was removed from that position to the downpipe in 1997, I hear they last longer in the downpipe. Also I can imagine it wouldn't be good to go through a bit of standing water with the hot sensor in that position.
The exhaust after the turbo is much cooler and less turbulent than the exhaust before the turbo. The exhaust heats up the turbo, not the other way round.
172sport: The oxygen sensor was removed from that position to the downpipe in 1997, I hear they last longer in the downpipe. Also I can imagine it wouldn't be good to go through a bit of standing water with the hot sensor in that position.
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