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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:35 PM
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98' ranger 02 sensor?

ok, my 2.5L ranger keeps suddenly losing power, but if you give it a second or two it will come back kinda snappy. I step on the gas sometimes and i go nowhere, then BAM! its all there again. I took it to autozone and they said 02 sensor, but it doesnt do it all the time. And the check engine light comes on as randomly as the engine acts up, but no real relation there. Anybody know anything about this?
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:47 PM
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prob the 02 sensor and have you heard of the 'mil eliminator' go to webcrawler and type it in. you can get rid of your cats and 02 sensor and the mil fools the computer that it still has the sensor but it doesnt
 
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:48 PM
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so you really dont need the 02 sensor? what does it do?
 
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 12:21 AM
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The O2 sensor after the cat basically tells you if your cat is going bad or not. The one in your exhaust manifold tells the computer how much fuel is actually being burnt and richens/leans the mixture as needed.
 
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