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digitard · 02-14-2006, 08:14 PM

Excellent post.

I almost did the same thing. I've had a CEL on my 99' V6 Cougar for a VERY long time. I finally have to take it in for emissions and decided to get it fixed. I brought it to AUTOZONE and they did the diag and it came back w/ the generic "o2" error. I read the forums and saw that a lot of people have issues w/ their O2 sensors, but I wasn't 100% sure.

So... I took the plunge and took it in and got it looked at professionally and it turns out that my "air intake tube" was completely thrashed open (I never saw it) and it was causing my codes. They replaced it and as soon as they were done reset me and blamo... CEL was gone!

So take this post to heart. Sure the 70/80 bucks is a pain... but I would've spent 140 on new O2 Sensors and it never would've been my problem and I'd of ended up at the shop anyhow to get it diag'd.

02-14-2006, 08:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
digitard NECO Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 10	Re: The truth about CELs, scanners, and local parts stores. Excellent post. I almost did the same thing. I've had a CEL on my 99' V6 Cougar for a VERY long time. I finally have to take it in for emissions and decided to get it fixed. I brought it to AUTOZONE and they did the diag and it came back w/ the generic "o2" error. I read the forums and saw that a lot of people have issues w/ their O2 sensors, but I wasn't 100% sure. So... I took the plunge and took it in and got it looked at professionally and it turns out that my "air intake tube" was completely thrashed open (I never saw it) and it was causing my codes. They replaced it and as soon as they were done reset me and blamo... CEL was gone! So take this post to heart. Sure the 70/80 bucks is a pain... but I would've spent 140 on new O2 Sensors and it never would've been my problem and I'd of ended up at the shop anyhow to get it diag'd.