How many oxygen sensors does this car have?

Tiny
BELL1423
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  • 2003 FORD TAURUS
  • 3.0L
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 123,000 MILES
One on top easy to see, one just below the engine in pipe, and one more further out. Cannot find any more so is there just three, two up flows and one down flow or is there four, one more somewhere? Not sure on the car listed above with a dohc 24 v. Thanks
Friday, August 19th, 2016 AT 6:50 AM

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Tiny
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The general rule on how to figure this out is you have one upstream sensor on each bank of cylinders. So if you have one bank, you have one upstream. If you have two banks, you have two upstream sensors.

The downstream sensors are also called catalyst monitors so you have one for each converter you have. If you have one cat, you have one sensor, two catalytic converters, two sensors.

Your engine should have two converters so you should have two downstream sensors.

Here is a guide that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-an-oxygen-sensor

Take a look at this information below and let us know if you have questions. Thanks
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