Can You Still Drive with a Faulty Oxygen Sensor?
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The oxygen sensor is a critical sensing component in the fuel injection engine control system, as well as a key part in controlling vehicle exhaust emissions, reducing environmental pollution, and improving fuel combustion quality in the engine. Oxygen sensors are installed on the engine's exhaust pipe. If the oxygen sensor fails, the electronic fuel injection system's computer cannot obtain information about the oxygen concentration in the exhaust pipe, leading to an inability to perform feedback control on the air-fuel ratio. This results in increased engine fuel consumption and exhaust pollution, along with symptoms such as unstable idling, misfires, and surging.