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posted by  Art Benstein on  Sun Jan 2 11:09 CST 2005
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Hi Andy,

When the seal started leaking on my wife's 89 that same thing happened to me. It was a couple years back and I know I posted several times what I thought was different about the 89 year to make that a sore spot.

And not the entire 89 year either, if I read the parts catalogs right.

The O2 sensor bung is in the very end of the downpipe in direct line of fluid centrifugally splashed from the driveshaft at the tailshaft seal.

The result of the soaked sensor (externally) was such that the chemical battery actually reversed itself, showing up as readings well negative of zero, ending up placing the ecu into that smelly rich limp-home state. That in turn plugs the exhaust openings of the sensor with soot (internal to the exhaust pipe).

Since then, following the posts here when I can, I believe several other owners of 89 240s have encountered this fun.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore Crrrrazy Ray's!






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