ok ya'll know my mpg sucked...

well today i broked down and bought a O2 sensor for my accord, I went to autzone and asked for a honda accord 98 O2 sensor...well

well they sold me a honda accord "92" version..which i didnt care cuz i got it for 64 dollars, but bad move..

i had to rewire it to fit in the 98 socket, i put all the colors right and stuff...

car turns on but i still had the CEL,,,which i was pretty ticked off ill tell you that. So i was like ill drive it for now, went home the ride wasnt so bad but stop lights was a pain..

went to a other autozone got my codes....heater curicut problem

reason..bad O2!!


the car idle at's 500 rpm and sometimes 350 rpm




is this safe for at least 3 weeks, before i can spend 90 bucks for a 98 version?

 

bunk! Id say just drive careful and it'll make it.

 

did you wire it up right? and did you make sure you repalced teh right o2 sensor?

 

all accords are the same. just the wiring turned around.. i tested the O2 with my laptop,and everythings working eccept the warmer part,and i ran 10 test even with a Led running trew it... but stomps me is the idle is off like crazy..

im guessing at the slow response the o2 is giving the ecu?

 

whoa whoa IS IT BAD FOR YOUR CAR TO IDLE THIS LOW??? my car idles at 500 rpm???? what the picture looks like is how my car idles!!!! now is that a bad thing??? No engine light or anything

 

you reset the ECU I'm assuming?

 

I bought the car and thats how it idles....havent touched the ecu yet...only light on is the abs but it was in an accident before..rollover and I got it cheap...so thats the only thing that had to be fixed on it

 

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yea 10 times.. its running today, but i got a short somewhere tho... i dunno where

the idle is still off then my cars normal is 700 rpm..

but when i brake to make a stop it drops to 250 rpm then idles to 500 rpm then wait 5 seconds it goes back to 700 rpm... fells shaky around 300 to 600 rpm range..

odd i must add

 

that really sounds almost like your tranny is messing up, what's it do in neutral if you rev it then let the tach drop?

 

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DROPS back too 550 rpm then back 700...

eh i wouldnt doubt its my tranny, but it was doing this like 2 weeks before the 02, but now its really noticeable...thanks for you help


ill get it cheak later

 

I was having crazy idle problems back when my o2 sensor went out. After i replaced the o2 and it still idled crazy, i just got a new air filter and put in new plugs, worked fine.

Definitely not a tranny problem. o2 sensors can really mess up the car's performance.