Michael Pardee wrote:
>
> "Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
> news:8s33g.69065$H71.136@newssvr13.news.prodigy.co m...
> > Am 89 is not OBDII compliant and does not monitor the sensors that close
> > and the sensors are totally different. The OBDII system monitors heater
> > current and voltage and switching times and voltage to very precisely
> > determine what they are doing. The chance of them causing a problem
> > without setting a code is extremely slim. They can be setting sub codes
> > long before turning on the light on the dash. The information in the
> > computer should be thoroughly analyzed as swapping parts is expensive and
> > could just be masking the real problem.
> >
> >
> I would have thought OBDII would catch O2 weakness, too, but as the Subaru
> experience illustrates it isn't necessarily so. I am puzzled what sort of
> out-of-the-box defect the sensor would have that would cause it to behave so
> badly and not be tattled on, though.
>
> Mike

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Maybe the out-of-the-box defect was caused by the BOX ITSELF (like it
had the word BOSCH on it)? I keep hearing horror stories about BOSCH,
and having owned Volvo and VW, I believe it.

:-(

'Curly'
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