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o2 sensor WTFFF!!! 500 dollars?

Old Jan 27, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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and i got the car back last night...started driving it home and it wont hold idle at all...but it does run fine thru the gears...just seems a bit slow-wonder if something else it up with it, im new to rotaries so im not really sure what to feel for.....but i do know its idling for ****. when i took it in it idled fine and i let it idle for 10 minutes before i dropped it off and filled out the paper work at the dealership.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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^^ got it back with the same busted O2 sensor or did you get another one?
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:02 PM
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did you pay to get it out?

new o2 sensor?

the car may be a bit stutterly on idle because they might have reset your ecu, give the car 2 or so driving cycles to readjust.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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Yep, ECU re-set was done or disconnection of the battery.
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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now that you mention it...my stereo beeps were on and i was thinking wat the...

so that explains that then, thanks for helping me out on that.

the new sensor goes in this weekend as well as getting my front end painted because some lady backed into me in the mcdonalds drive up...yes let me say it again, the mcdonalds drive up. are these cars suppose to be hexed?
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