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So after about 11 years of near faultless ownership from my EP3, yesterday i got my first EML while driving
The car was stuttering a bit while driving normally in a 30 over the last couple of days. With a constant light press on the gas pedal it would feel like a misfire/hesitaton until i pressed the pedal to sort of clear it's throat, after that it drove fine until it done it yesterday and threw up an EML.
I have one of those cheap Bluetooth OBDII readers i bought years ago for when this type of situation inevitably was going to happen. I plugged it in and i am getting the code P0132 which is said to be High Voltage from the Bank 1 Oxygen sensor. I cleared the code and it didn't come back on while the car was warm and drove fine for about 20mins after i cleared the codes. I had an idea it would come back again and no doubt today i started it up and went for a spin and within a couple of mins another slight hesitation and up pops the EML. Cleared it again and it didn't come back on for 30mins driving after. It only seems to happen when the car starts up from cold.
I have searched and cannot find what the live readings should be while driving from the O2 sensors. I am getting on average 0.75v from bank 1 and 0.85 from bank 2 sensors while driving normally in a 30. The sensor isn't totally dead yet as i am still getting the readings from it and after clearing the code, it doesn't come straight back on until the car cools down so far. Is there a way to clean them out or is it going to be a new sensor?
I take it the Bank 1 sensor is the one before the cat which is the most expensive one? Why are these sensors so god damn expensive?
The car was stuttering a bit while driving normally in a 30 over the last couple of days. With a constant light press on the gas pedal it would feel like a misfire/hesitaton until i pressed the pedal to sort of clear it's throat, after that it drove fine until it done it yesterday and threw up an EML.
I have one of those cheap Bluetooth OBDII readers i bought years ago for when this type of situation inevitably was going to happen. I plugged it in and i am getting the code P0132 which is said to be High Voltage from the Bank 1 Oxygen sensor. I cleared the code and it didn't come back on while the car was warm and drove fine for about 20mins after i cleared the codes. I had an idea it would come back again and no doubt today i started it up and went for a spin and within a couple of mins another slight hesitation and up pops the EML. Cleared it again and it didn't come back on for 30mins driving after. It only seems to happen when the car starts up from cold.
I have searched and cannot find what the live readings should be while driving from the O2 sensors. I am getting on average 0.75v from bank 1 and 0.85 from bank 2 sensors while driving normally in a 30. The sensor isn't totally dead yet as i am still getting the readings from it and after clearing the code, it doesn't come straight back on until the car cools down so far. Is there a way to clean them out or is it going to be a new sensor?
I take it the Bank 1 sensor is the one before the cat which is the most expensive one? Why are these sensors so god damn expensive?
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