Hello all been out for a while...
So I made a pretty dumb mistake that was easily avoidable. Yesterday I was installing my new Skid Row Engine Transmission skid plate and I was reqired to drill two holes in the transmission support crossbar. On the driver side, when the drill went through, it severed a couple wires on the connector for the "Post Converter O2 Sensor" that I was not aware was attached right above where I was drilling. Should have checked, lesson learned. I now have a Check Engine Light, which the cause seems pretty obvious.
This would be a simple fix, however, I severed the wires that are permanently attached to the vehicle side of the connectors, not the easily replaceable O2 Sensor part. Crap.
I noticed that the wires go up over the transmission and join a larger bundle of wires. I looked through my "Haynes" manual but I can't find anything for the specified O2 Sensor in thier wiring diagrams even after super careful searching... maybe I missed it. The diagrams don't seem to cover everything. Do those wires snake all the way up into the engine compartment, or is there another connector that I can seperate and just replace it easily?
If you have a "Haynes" manual you can see what I'm talking about on page 6-9, Upper Left Corner where the caption reads, "10.3 3.7L V6 engines are equipped with four oxygen sensors - two sensors for each cylinder bank (right side shown) a) Pre-converter oxygen sensor b) Post-converter oxygen sensor" Haynes also states that the Post-converter O2 sensor does not have any effect on the PCM control of the air/fuel ratio, rather that it is used by the PCM to monitor catalytic converter efficency.
Len Taylor, Tim Imhoff, and John H Haynes. Jeep Liberty Automotive Repair Manual. Newbury Park: Haynes North America, Inc. 2009. Print.I unfortunately do not have a lot of time to spend on this and it is my Daily Driver. How easy would that be to replace? How much do you guys guess a shop or dealership would charge to put it back together like it never happened?
