error code?

Icepic · 12-17-2006, 12:37 AM

My check engine light just came on and my code reader came up with "right bank lean" and just recently "left bank lean". I'm pretty sure these are the oxygen sensors and they need to be replaced but what does it mean by left and right bank? its a front wheel drive car, shouldnt it say front and rear bank since the engine is mounted sideways? or does this code mean something else?

drewl · 12-17-2006, 12:53 AM

maybe it's engine-right and engine-left, with transaxle in the "back" and pulleys in the "front"

not relative to how it's mounted in the car

demigod · 12-17-2006, 10:47 AM

Yeah, you need to find out which side they consider bank 1 and bank 2. all V type engines have the different banks, since they generally run more than one sensor (one per side).

12-17-2006, 12:37 AM	#1
Icepic lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way! 2003 Ford Taurus SEL My Page \| My Pics \| My Ads Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Butte, MT Posts: 821	error code? My check engine light just came on and my code reader came up with "right bank lean" and just recently "left bank lean". I'm pretty sure these are the oxygen sensors and they need to be replaced but what does it mean by left and right bank? its a front wheel drive car, shouldnt it say front and rear bank since the engine is mounted sideways? or does this code mean something else?

12-17-2006, 12:53 AM	#2
drewl i shot a knife out of my air dick RX-7 My Page \| My Pics \| My Ads Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: bob dylan says you fail. Posts: 676	maybe it's engine-right and engine-left, with transaxle in the "back" and pulleys in the "front" not relative to how it's mounted in the car __________________ Laboratory17

12-17-2006, 10:47 AM	#3
demigod Pro Street Racer 1996 Civic Coupe My Page \| My Pics \| My Ads Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 400	Yeah, you need to find out which side they consider bank 1 and bank 2. all V type engines have the different banks, since they generally run more than one sensor (one per side). __________________ All Motor H22 Civic, stock internals. 12.61@107.56 on BFGs with highest MPH of 109.12

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