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Old Dec 27, 2024 | 11:22 AM
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Default Please help my 15 year olds equinox Po131 low O2

I am at a lose here. My 15 year old son just used all his money to purchase his first car, a 2010 equinox LS 2.4l. It was in a small front end accident. Broke radiator, condenser and cooling fans. We have replaced all that and now are getting a Po131 low O2 sensor code. I pulled the schematics and checked continuity and voltages and them seem fine but I'm not sure. I have pics of my findings. I am slightly concerned it is a head gasket and that is way I'm getting a misfire but compression readings came back ok and I don't see coolant getting less. I do get quite a bit of smoke out the tail pipe and it runs rough. I also changed the plugs and O2 sensor 1 with AC Delco.






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Old Dec 27, 2024 | 3:42 PM
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Could it be that ground splice at J108 is open to B1S1? Looks like it from your KOEO testing if I'm reading it right. How about that PNK/BLK where does that end up?
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Old Dec 27, 2024 | 4:54 PM
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Thanks for the reply.

Just a few minutes ago I cut the three wires at both ends of each connector and ran new wires in case there was a short in the loom. The pink black wire is measuring full 12 volts so I left that one. Same error code. Ugh. The only thing I can come up with is that the computer is faulty. I know it's not common but maybe in the accident it took a weird hit. One would think there would be more error codes. Idk. Thanks in advance.
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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 12:41 PM
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Not every electrical fault is a "short". If you have 12v after the load it might be that a ground is open. Don't have the full diagram so can't really see. Good luck.
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Old Dec 28, 2024 | 1:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueOx
Not every electrical fault is a "short". If you have 12v after the load it might be that a ground is open. Don't have the full diagram so can't really see. Good luck.

I would also add that load testing a circuit is incredibly important. Short and open aren’t the only things either. If you have a partially frayed wire that can’t carry a load then it will cause faults
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