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Car Forum / Hyundai Cars / February 2006

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replacing oxygen sensor 99 accent

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Smooth Boi - 02 Feb 2006 03:14 GMT
where are the oxygen sensors located.Have 66000 miles on the motor and
they haven't been replaced.Any help would be appreciated
Jody - 02 Feb 2006 11:34 GMT
motors don't have 02 sensors, engines do =-)
no one can help ya out unless you tell us what car and year u have....

> where are the oxygen sensors located.Have 66000 miles on the motor and
> they haven't been replaced.Any help would be appreciated
Jody - 02 Feb 2006 11:37 GMT
well im a twit, just woke up .... sorry i missed what car ;P
same as ours, one is on the exhaust manifold/c converter open the hood and
on your right of it youll see it towards the side.
the other one is on the exhaust pipe behind the engine.. why do you want to
replace them? are u getting a engine light?
ours has over 100 000 miles and we still have our origional 02 sensors
> where are the oxygen sensors located.Have 66000 miles on the motor and
> they haven't been replaced.Any help would be appreciated
Smooth Boi - 03 Feb 2006 03:05 GMT
thanks for the info.Yes the engine light is on,the gas mileage has
dropped[despite tune up],and there's a strong smell of gasoline from the
car.
Bob - 03 Feb 2006 04:39 GMT
> thanks for the info.Yes the engine light is on,the gas mileage has
> dropped[despite tune up],and there's a strong smell of gasoline from the
> car.

If you smell gasoline, it IS NOT the oxygen sensor. The difference from a
bad oxygen sensor will show up on a HC analyzer. The PCM will not just start
dumping gas into the cylinders. I'd suggest that you have someone
knowledgeable look at the vehicle, and figure out where the gas leak is
that's bad enough that it's affecting your mileage. It could be a leaky
injector, or many other things. If you smell gasoline, you are literally
sitting on a disaster waiting to happen.
Mike Marlow - 03 Feb 2006 14:17 GMT
> > thanks for the info.Yes the engine light is on,the gas mileage has
> > dropped[despite tune up],and there's a strong smell of gasoline from the
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> injector, or many other things. If you smell gasoline, you are literally
> sitting on a disaster waiting to happen.

Agreed, with the additional comment that if there is a strong smell of
gasoline, you should be able to see it.  A car that is simply running rich
does not smell like gasoline.  The only thing that smells like gasoline is,
well... gasoline - as in a leak.

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Jody - 03 Feb 2006 18:12 GMT
maybye check your emissions canister....

>> > thanks for the info.Yes the engine light is on,the gas mileage has
>> > dropped[despite tune up],and there's a strong smell of gasoline from
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> is,
> well... gasoline - as in a leak.
Mike Marlow - 02 Feb 2006 12:46 GMT
> where are the oxygen sensors located.Have 66000 miles on the motor and
> they haven't been replaced.Any help would be appreciated

Are you getting an Check Engine light?  O2 sensors aren't replaced based on
time or mileage, only when they fail.

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Bob - 05 Feb 2006 17:09 GMT
> Are you getting an Check Engine light?  O2 sensors aren't replaced based
> on
> time or mileage, only when they fail.

Unbelievably, they - three of them - are required to be replaced on the 2006
Sonata at 45,000 mile intervals to the tune of $321 + labor unless you do it
yourself. It is an emissions warranty requirement. I just found that little
gem today on the Hyundai website.
http://www.hyundaiusa.com/owners/myhyundai/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fowners%2fserv
ice%2fservicerecords.aspx

It's not in the required maintenance section of the owners manual, so I
don't know if they can actually enforce it.
Mike Marlow - 05 Feb 2006 18:43 GMT
> > Are you getting an Check Engine light?  O2 sensors aren't replaced based
> > on
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> yourself. It is an emissions warranty requirement. I just found that little
> gem today on the Hyundai website.

http://www.hyundaiusa.com/owners/myhyundai/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fowners%2fserv
ice%2fservicerecords.aspx

> It's not in the required maintenance section of the owners manual, so I
> don't know if they can actually enforce it.

Man.  That's a pain.  I currently own my first Hyundai ('04 Sonata) and I
like the car - should say my wife likes *her* car.  I know this only applies
to the'06, but it seems there's an increasing number of not-so-routine
things being required by Hyundai to maintain the warranty.  Some things I
can understand, like the timing belt, although a chain would have made that
a moot point.  At some point though, the maintenance being mandated by
Hyundai in order to keep the car under warranty coverage is going to hit the
point that it's more expensive to keep the warranty up than to repair any
other car.

O2 sensors should never be a warranty requirement.  They don't fail at
alarming rates in cars today and Hyundai should be able to put sensors in
that are as reliable as any other manufacturer.  In all of my years of
driving cars that are equipped with O2 sensors, I have only had to replace
one, and that was back in the early years.

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Matt Whiting - 05 Feb 2006 19:14 GMT
>>>Are you getting an Check Engine light?  O2 sensors aren't replaced based
>>>on
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> driving cars that are equipped with O2 sensors, I have only had to replace
> one, and that was back in the early years.

I agree.  I keep my maintence records in Excel and when I added in all
of the Hyundai required items, the list was nearly twice as long as my
Chevy truck and Dodge minivan.  This 100,000 mile warranty may be a lot
more costly than meets the eye.

Matt
Matt Whiting - 05 Feb 2006 19:16 GMT
>>Are you getting an Check Engine light?  O2 sensors aren't replaced based
>>on
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> It's not in the required maintenance section of the owners manual, so I
> don't know if they can actually enforce it.

Do all Sonata's have three or just the V-6?  I have the 4 cylinder.
Where do you see them having three?  I didn't see the number mentioned.

Matt
 
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