Rear Heated Oxygen Sensor
COMP0NENT DESCRIPTION
The rear heated oxygen sensor (Rear HO2S), after three way catalyst, monitors the oxygen level in the exhaust gas.
Even if switching characteristics of the front heated oxygen sensor are shifted, the air fuel ratio is controlled to stoichiometric, by the signal from the rear heated oxygen sensor.
This sensor is made of ceramic zirconia. The electrical resistance of ceramic zirconia drastically changes at the ideal air-fuel ratio.
The output voltage of the sensor, depending on its resistance, is approximately 0 to 1.0V.
Under normal conditions the rear heated oxygen sensor is not used for engine control operation.