"mazda616" (mazda616)
07/29/2020 at 08:02 • Filed to: Jolene the Sunbird
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
07/29/2020 at 08:02 • Filed to: Jolene the Sunbird | 2
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Just dropped Jolene off at a local shop to have her MAP and O2 sensors replaced. I have an intermittent “check engine” light as well as a rough/low/lopey idle and an occasional stalling problem. I also have hard starts sometimes and low gas mileage (low-20s).
We scanned the code early last winter and it was a Code 13. “Oxygen sensor circuit open or no activity.”
It’s been this way since I got the car, with the exception of the light. That didn’t start until last autumn in a Target parking lot. I always just assumed an old J-body was supposed to run rough, and I’m sure it will - to a certain extent. But, the car has basically been in a perpetual state of confusion with these sensors being iffy for two years now (I bought the car August 4, 2018).
I think this work will have her in tip-top shape. I’d normally take her to my mechanic friend, but he is busy remodeling a house and couldn’t get to it for a month or more. My OCD/impatient ass found a local trustworthy shop, so that’s where she is today.
Tripper
> mazda616
07/29/2020 at 08:52 |
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Hey, weird odometer location, cool!
TheRealBicycleBuck
> mazda616
07/29/2020 at 09:18 |
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Sometimes it’s faster/cheaper/easier to call in the pros. Let’s hope they can get it all sorted out.
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mazda616
> TheRealBicycleBuck
07/29/2020 at 09:20 |
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Amen to that. If this doesn’t fix it, then I’m going to replace the plugs and wires again. They were done before I got the car, but they aren’t the brand I’d normally pick.
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mazda616
> Tripper
07/29/2020 at 09:27 |
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This car has one of the most basic gauge clusters I have seen . It tells you what you need to know and nothing more.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> mazda616
07/29/2020 at 09:31 |
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fingers crossed
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mazda616
> pip bip - choose Corrour
07/29/2020 at 09:37 |
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I’m going to do plugs and wires if this doesn’t fully solve the issue. The ones on there aren’t old but they’re a cheaper brand.