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Heater circuit malfunction bank 1 sensor 1

Vehicle: 1997, Mercury, Villiager 3.0

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HI there,

Most often the cause of this is the O2 sensor itself. On this car it's the first O2 sensor in the exhaust stream on the bank closest to the firewall. Normally the heater circuit inside the O2 sensor fails causing the problem.

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