Hey guys, i searched around and only found one other post kinda like this, and it just kinda died before the guy got much help.

My problem is this. I just pulled my car out of the garage after having it sit for about a year and a half. besides the battery not holding a charge the car fired up perfectly, no smoke or anything. When I took it out for a drive it drove fine but the wideband read a steady 14.52 almost all the time. in boost and just cruising, 14.52. I'm using a plx m300 and 450dsm injectors with a vafc. before storing it it would read a nice steady 12 under boost. Also when i change the fuel around at idle the cars revs change but the wideband doesnt. What could be causing this? Bad o2 Sensor? is there a cheap fix for it? any help is appreciated.

 

ive heard that when they go bad they tend to read around stoich most of the time, similar to you.

however i had one go bad, it said i was boost afr of 11s and it was really 13s

 

yea i figure it's bad, is it possible to replace that kinda o2 sensor for cheap?

 

have to tried recalibrating it?

 

nope i havent, i'll search around and see how to do it, thanks

 

Your o2 is dead!! You can buy another one for about 60-70 bucks..

 

yea that's what i figured hopefully i can get one locally since i only have 10 days on the car til it goes into storage. actually maybe i dont even need one since it was running on a fine tune before.

 

As long as you did not change anything in your setup or change the tune, You dont need one. Just my 2cents.

 

go AEM and never have to worry about it

 

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Unless you run leaded fuel like me!

 

The same thing happend to me last week. I changed my fuel maps and my car was running so rich I went throguh almost 3/4 a tank of gas on a 100 mile round trip. Meanwhile my wideband read 15.0-14.5 constantly... I got a replacement bosch sensor from autozone for 54$ after taxes. I'm not sure if it's the same for you but I had to use a pre-cat o2 from a 2002+ turbo Volkswagen.