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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 07:10 AM
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Unhappy fried C02 sensor

I recently put some fuel injector stuff in my 08 sporty, cranked it up, had it running (on kickstand) all of a sudden major smoke coming OUT OF THE OXYGEN SENSOR (not the exhaust) THATS IN THE TOP OF THE TAILPIPE! i shut her down, then restarted (bike now upright) and it seemed ok, but when it was smoking it smelled like something was seriously burning. seems ok now-any ideas what i did? if i fried the 02 sensor will it still run ok? thanks, miles
 

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Why did you put something in the gas?
 
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 08:33 AM
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You didn't put the entire bottle of cleaner in the tank, did you? Most of that stuff is for 18-25 gallons worth of gasoline. You only need a tiny bit for a 5 gallon, or less, tank.
 
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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If you cooked the O2 sensor you should be throwing a DTC code.
 
Old Apr 17, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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did you put anything on the threads when you installed the 02 sensos that might of gotten of the pipes?
no exhaust leaks??
 
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Miles,
Here's the procedure to check your DTC codes. You should see a P0134 and/or P0154 for a bad O2 sensor.
 
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