will a faulty lamba sensor cause slight loss of power down in low revs??

[andrewrobert87]

as title rele, i know my lamba sensor is on the way out as the little emmissions light comes on for a day or two every month, been told the ;amba sensor causes this, and some times, when i plant my foot in 2nd gear at about 3,000 rpm, she seems just a lil bit slow picking up! plus normaly me and my mate who has a type r, we are just about the same but last night he seemed to pull awayfrom me when we first went for it and i was in about 3000rpm. any ideas??

thanks

 

[davebem]

Faulty lambda sensor can cause performance issues iirc.

 

[andrewrobert87]

thought so, ive had the cam and aux kits fitted with a full oil and spark plug service too, was thinkin of changing the ht leads and also the coil pack but i think i'll change the lamda sensor first seen as its the cheaper option lol its always the one on the

exhust pipe though isnt it? gets full of water and s**t i was told

 

[realnumber 1]

I had crazy power losses when my front lamda was on the way out. Would get stuck at 3-4k and gurgle and pop a bit and sometimes almost grind to a halt going uphill then all of a sudden all the power would kick back in! Made overtaking interesting lol.

 

[andrewrobert87]

haha thats bad times! myn aint that bad but it still ment my mate laughin in his type r! grrr i'll have to get tha sorted! haha anoyin though when it starts to barble in low revs ini

 

[Mark One]

get it changed for a brand new bosch or NGK. you'll reap the benefit in fuel economy.

22mm spanner to change - or grinder (to shorten it) and a socket if it's stubborn.

 

[skatedemonuk]

mines doing the same as the realnumbe1 's was doing had a go at getting old sensor out today at no joy will have a better go when i have more time

 

[realnumber 1]

mines doing the same as the realnumbe1 's was doing had a go at getting old sensor out today at no joy will have a better go when i have more time

Did mine after a drive and let it cool for 5 (was still hot). Apart from access it wasn't too bad with a decent open ended spanner.

 

[skatedemonuk]

ok kool will give that ago at weekend