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O2 Sensors, Location/Task/Design/Function|Page 975 > < Bank 1, Sensor 1 Oxygen Sensor|Page 972
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Oxygen Sensor: Description and Operation
O2 Sensors, Location/Task/Design/Function

O2 Sensors, Task

O2 Sensors, Task

Electrical connection 

Sensor housing 

Active ceramic probe body 

Electrode (inner)

Electrode (outer)

Heating element 

Inner, open combustion chamber 

Protective tube 

View of electrical connection for O2sensor 
1  Sensor heater 
2  Sensor heater ground 
3  O2 sensor signal ground 
4  O2 sensor signal 

G3/1 

O2 sensor downstream of TWC

G3/2 

O2 sensor upstream of TWC

G3/3 

Left O2 sensor upstream of TWC

G3/4 

Right O2 sensor upstream of TWC 

G3/5 

Left O2 sensor downstream of TWC

G3/6 

Right O2sensor downstream of TWC

Records the residual oxygen in the exhaust gas and sends a signal to the engine control unit. 

O2-sensors upstream of the catalytic converter: The O2-sensor signal is needed for 
- Lambda control 
- Self adaptation of the mixture formation 

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