"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:444CE564.A6DB1014@interbaun.com:

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> 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'

Bosch,the new Prince of Darkness? (Lucas being the old one)

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