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I did the cycle the ignition 3 times trick and got 12 21 21 55 could anyone give me some insite on what these codes mean? Thank you justin
 
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Thank you.
 
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Also does anyone know since my battery was disconnected in the last 50 key cycles will that cause it to fail my emissions test?
 
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no.... but it would need to relearn so if was just done its possible... but with O2 sensor issue that would cause emission fail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_sensor
its a direct part of emission control, also i do beleive your truck is OBD2 so you might have 2 O2's one by manifold on close to engine and one behind the catalytic converter
 

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I do have two oxygen sensors and I plan on puting new ngk o2 sensors in on Friday before I take it to get inspection and emissions done. "The ones in it are bad". Circut malfunction " to many volts" and won't read the mixture. They are original from 96 and have 225980 miles on them. I don't think that's to bad for oem stock o2s. My other ? Is what's better ngk or njk? Napa carries ngk here and advanced carries njk.
 

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NTK is most common
 
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Ok thank you again
 
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Well I went and got my o2 sensors today. It turns out that they are ntk so that's a plus I guess. Now if only it will stop raining long enough for me to put them in and see if my cel comes back on.
 
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Update* Well it stopped raining and I put my oxygen sensors in, my Dakota has been running for around 20 minutes now and is up to temp and no check engine light so I must have done something right. I also dumped in a full bottle of fuel injector cleaner to clean my injectors. So far so good now to go get it inspected and my emissions done on it Friday.
 


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