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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 01:09 PM
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Default plug color for the precat o2 sensor

Anyone know what color it is, i think i may of accidentally swapped them, my truck has 2 plugs for o2 sensors, a black on and a gray one. Anyone know which is upstream and which is down stream?
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 01:37 PM
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The upstream connector will have a shorter lead from the main harness, and comes out of it toward the front of the trans....... The manual doesn't seem to differentiate connector colors.... (which seems silly to me.)
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 01:42 PM
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thats how i have them hooked up but my mileage tanked pretty bad since i put in the new sensors this past weekend
edit: and the fsm sucks, it tells the color of some plugs but not a hole lot of them
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Haynes manual ha better schematics.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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As far as I know, the black and grey plugs are different anyway. You can't switch them around. They are different shapes. Besides, the o2's themselves are the same anyway.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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my o2 sensors plugs are pretty much the same other than color, no CEL just horrible mileage
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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Fix the plenum yet?
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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not yet but mines baerly blown, nvm about my previous post, my plugs were so melted that they looked the same, i swapped the sensors and im gonna see if that helps
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 08:08 PM
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not yet but mines baerly blown, nvm about my previous post, my plugs were so melted that they looked the same, i swapped the sensors and im gonna see if that helps
It's not going to matter. Like I said, the o2 itself is the same. And what does a "barely blown" plenum mean? It's blown, plain and simple. Why bother with any of this until it's fixed. And keep waiting and looking at other things that won't do S--T. You'll be sorry when you get a cracked head.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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i only have a very small amount of oil pooling and i dont burn very much(hence barely blown), besides im saving for an airgap, i was gonna go for a plate or an m1 but i decied on the airgap. and any extra mpgs now matter how small help, and if your making a refrence to my new wheels/tires, i needed some tires bad. my front ones were bald, and what i have now presented its self as a deal i could not pass up. i dont have to worry about clogging a cat because i dont have one. and yes i know i have a lot of things on my truck broken but it takes time and money to fix them and im short on both, so i fix what i can when i can

edit: sorry for the rant but i have a planned order on when i will be fixing what, and unless i start burning oil like crazy then the plenums not high on the list.
 
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