metal-chicken
Regular Contributor
Yesterday I fitted a new O2 sensor to my 225 and it's back to running perfectly again (it was giving a code 1 alarm after extended idling, e especially after a longish run)
The engine is an ’06/'07 and has the updated sensor and ECU - I don't know about the modified exhaust tubes but I would have thought that they have been done seeing as the aforementioned upgrades have been done.
This is the second O2 sensor that I've fitted in 3 years and I think that they just don't last..... Especially the heater circuit.
It seems logical that if the heater circuit has to come on when the engine is idling, then the more idling you do the quicker the heater circuit will die.
So for those of you that do long runs on a regular basis then you may not have much of a sensor problem - but those who don't get to do long high speed runs may need to replace their sensor more frequently.
As an experiment I'm now going to swap the OEM sensor out for an NGK sensor which costs half as much to see how long it lasts. I can easily swap back to the Honda sensor if needed.
The engine is an ’06/'07 and has the updated sensor and ECU - I don't know about the modified exhaust tubes but I would have thought that they have been done seeing as the aforementioned upgrades have been done.
This is the second O2 sensor that I've fitted in 3 years and I think that they just don't last..... Especially the heater circuit.
It seems logical that if the heater circuit has to come on when the engine is idling, then the more idling you do the quicker the heater circuit will die.
So for those of you that do long runs on a regular basis then you may not have much of a sensor problem - but those who don't get to do long high speed runs may need to replace their sensor more frequently.
As an experiment I'm now going to swap the OEM sensor out for an NGK sensor which costs half as much to see how long it lasts. I can easily swap back to the Honda sensor if needed.