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Originally Posted by magicleaf
Hi, try this. Measure the resistance between pins 1 and 2 (or terminals 1 and 2). Resistance between 11-16 at 68F for oxygen senor and 0.8-1.4 ohms for a/f sensor.
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Hi
MagicLeaf. Thanks! Your pin #s helped me confirm that problem. In this reply i took the liberty of inserting the forgotten decimal place^ to make the top limit 1.4 ohms.
I got infinite resistance, so either the wire is ruined or the heating element in the sensor is cracked or something like that. At 122K+ i suspect it's the sensor. The wiring wasn't held in the clamp either, which struck me as odd. A couple of the manual mention that clamp but i can't see any way it could clamp anything with a big connector on the end.
So now that we know it's likely the A/F sensor, which kind to get now? California spec or Other/Non-Calif?
I called the dealer who originally sold the car, and spoke to the parts guy.
The VIN #is for an "All 50 states emissions" car and he too said it's not a California car. I pointed out that if it complies with Calif emissions, and Calif is a state, would that not make it a Calif car? He said definitely not.
Huh? He also said he didn't understand it either and it was frustrating, but that's all the info Toyota gives them. So I read him my Denso/Toyota A/F sensor installed now (89467 33020) and he said that was a part for... Argh, i forget if it was Calif or non-Calif. I do recall him being a bit at a loss though.
He also said that a p1135 error code is *not* specific to only Calif spec'd cars.
He said that an error code px135 is generally usually about Air Fuel sensors but that the P1135 i got is specific and more detailed. He said that the Toyota-specific diagnostics equipment will get more info out of my car than the OBD II readers at AutoZone. Is there any merit to this claim - at least in regards to a p1135 errorcode?
