Vauxhall Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Trouble Code

Information Sensor

Cause of Fault

Remedy in

F0: DATA LIST

No.

Trouble Code Storage when...

38

O2 SENSOR 1 CIRCUIT VOLTAGE LOW

45, 47, 51, 53, 55

·   Oxygen sensor voltage lower than 90 mV

     (Short circuit to ground)

·   Condition must be fulfilled for at least 2.5 s

Condition for approval of fault storage:

The fault is stored and the replacement value caned up if the following conditions are fulfilled consecutively:

1.)   Coolant temperature higher than 70 °C / 158 °F

2.)   Condition 1.) fulfilled for 3 min

3.)   Load signal greater than 1.7 ms

4.)   After conditions 1.) to 3.) are fulfilled, waiting period of 5.1 s elapsed

5.)   Trouble codes 73 and 74 not recognized

Replacement values:

·   450 mV (oxygen sensor control switched off)