I've got a 95 CC Lancer Coupe, does anyone know if I would have a EGO, you know, the sensor that measures fuel ratio's in your exhaust... Do older model cars have them or are they a semi-new thing.


The Thing I'm looking at Fiddling with next

My mate has one in his car and it looks prety cool.

 

is your car carbi or injected? usually carbi motors dont have ego sensor.

 

Carby.... hmmm, so no chance of getting it? it wouldnt be worth getting one just for that would it? lol, probably a few hundred installed right?

 

Nah it wont work sorry dude.. Fuel injected cars run the EGO sensors, not the Carby..

One day if you swap the carby for injection, you can have it

 

hey
there is a kit that you can build from Jaycar, its a fuel mixture display kit, but u still need to get an ego sensor from wreckers, then alls u do is plug the sensor into the kit, stick it in the exhaust and the kit will indicate if u running lean or rich.
Then just adjust the mixture bolt on your carbi till it correct.
simple aye?

 

Have you tried this before ? does it read correctly ? I didn't think you could do it that easily..

 

No i havent, ive been meaning to get the kit (there are two tho, one is with 3 lights simple one, and the other is with 10 lights and a digital readout which is what i wanted to get, but its pricy too ~60 for good the kit).

Yeah im sure it works, theres nothing to it really, the ego sensor just detects how much unburned oxygen is goin out your pipe, and the kit just gives you a reading of what the sensor is sayin.

BTW you dont have the kit in the exhaust all the time, its just so u can set your carbi.

Im sure the ones in efi cars the computer automatically sets the mixture.

 

i was bout to say, i thought you'd actualy run it off the computer, not straight from the actual sensor..

 

Most oxygen sensors simply flick from zero to one volt as soon as you go from lean to rich. (It's not an on/off switch, but it's an extremely steep line, if you were to graph voltage vs mixture.)

So a kit like that basically measures how close you are to 1 volt, and uses that to determine richness/leaness.

 

Do you need anything to run that sensor though ? or is the kit enough ?

 

the kit should be enough + ego sensor. well thats what it said on the kit box. just depends on which u after, the not so accurate cheapy or the nice digital [expensive] one.

 

Here's the one for $19.95... a hand held sensor that you just hold in your exhaust. $19.95

Here's the other one for $14.95. Doesnt have a pic or anything though. This is the one where you need a sensor already in your car. $14.95

 

yeah thats the cheapy one with 3 lights that i was mentioning earlier, its ok but its not as accurate as the digital one. Still good tho, but if you want REALLLY acurrate mixture id go for the 60 buck one (u gotta build it yourself i think).
Up to you...

 

I think I'll pass on that until my car is well... running normally... read other topic. "What the hell is wrong"