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Product Features
Application Specific Design: No modifications and pre-calibrated
Isotatic-pressed and plasma-sprayed for extended service life
Double-Layered 310S Stainless Steel: Additional protection from moisture and debris
Restored Engine Performance: Improved fuel economy and lower emissions
Description
TRQ oxygen sensors are manufactured to precise specifications using premium raw materials to optimize your vehicle’s emission system. Each sensor is isostatically-pressed for improved strength and durability, and plasma-sprayed to improve sensitivity and prolong the service life of the sensors. Oxygen sensors wear out over time and should be replaced every 60,000 miles to prevent poor engine performance. TRQ recommends replacing the oxygen sensors in sets to optimize fuel economy and reduce overall emissions. All products are fit and road-tested in our Massachusetts R&D facility to ensure we deliver on our promise of Trusted Reliable Quality.
What is Upstream vs. Downstream?
Upstream location is between the catalytic converter and the engine
Downstream location is between the catalytic converter and the tailpipe
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O2 Sensors is it Upstream or Downstream
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Tools used
22mm Wrench
1. Removing the O2 Sensor
Loosen the bolt on the sensor with a 22mm wrench
Twist out the sensor
Disconnect the wiring harness
Remove the O2 sensor
2. Installing the O2 Sensor
Twist the O2 sensor into place
Tighten the 22mm nut
Connect the wiring harness
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Right here on the passenger side of the tuck, on the rear, right behind the catalytic converter, is your rear O2 sensor. It's also known as a downstream O2 sensor, and it's quite easy to take out on this truck. This one actually has a newer exhaust system in it, which is actually making it even easier for us. If yours is old and rusty, it'll take a little bit more force, but it'll still work the same exact way. We're going to start with a 22 millimeter wrench on the O2 sensor itself. We should be able to loosen it up just like that. There is such a thing as an O2 sensor socket, which also makes life a little bit easier. There you go, it's actually out of the pipe that easily.
An O2 sensor socket will make it easier because it fits around the whole socket, or the whole O2 sensor itself, and it allows the wires to go through. So you can use a big breaker bar if you need to instead of a wrench that might slip.
Up at the top of the sensor is a connector, which you need to disconnect to get the sensor out of the truck. Looks like it's going to be a two handed thing. I apologize for kind of blocking the camera there, but you can see this is how the clip works. You push down the tab right here and it releases it from the other connector. Whenever you install an O2 sensor, you never want to plug it in first. You always want to install it first, because when you install it. It's going to spin and if the connector doesn't spin, you're going to bind up all the wires and sometimes it'll actually damage the wire. If you're ever putting an O2 sensor in, make sure you screw it in first. Then once it's all the way screwed in, then you plug it in.
Same 22 millimeter wrench is what we're going to use to tighten it. At that point, you can go up to where you disconnected it. It's the blue connector right on top of the transfer case. Where the transfer case meets the transmission, I should say. At this point, it should snap right into place. Just like that. You'll feel it click.
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Tools used
22mm Wrench
1. Removing the Driver Side O2 Sensor
Locate the O2 sensor on the driver side of the truck behind the catalytic convertors
Loosen the O2 sensor with a 22mm wrench
Disconnect the wiring harness
Remove the O2 sensor
2. Installing the Driver Side O2 Sensor
Tighten the O2 sensor by hand without twisting the wires
Tighten the O2 sensor with a 22mm wrench
Connect the wiring harness
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Right here, on the driver's side of the truck right behind the catalytic converters you'll find an O2 sensor. This is the rear O2 sensor, also known as the downstream sensor, and it's pretty easy to disconnect on this truck, especially in this case because this truck actually has a brand-new catalytic converter pipe and it has relatively new O2 sensors. So we're going to show you how to replace them.
We're going to use a 22 millimeter wrench. You can come up from the front and get the wrench on their pretty easily, and then it's just a matter of pushing up to loosen the O2 sensor. Then, if you follow the wire up to the top of the transfer case, you can see it plugs in right here. And if you pull on, if you push the little tab down, right here, and then pull on the connector, it should slide right out. At that point, you can come right back around and spin your O2 sensor right out of the exhaust system, just like that. There we go.
When installing the O2 sensor, you always want to put the O2 sensor in first and tighten it up rather than plugging it in first, and that way it makes it so your wires don't get all bound up. So right now, you can spin it into the hole and make sure that the wires aren't getting all twisted up at the same time. Because if you twist the wires up, sometimes they'll actually get damaged and we don't want to do that. So, we'll use the same 22 millimeter wrench to tighten up the O2 sensor from the front just like when we loosened it.
All right. It's nice and tight now. And at this point we can feed the wire up over the transfer case and we can play it right into the wire harness, just like that.
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Tools used
Gloves
O2 Sensor Socket
Jack Stands
Wheel Chocks
22mm Wrench
Anti-Seize Grease
Ratchet
Floor Jack
Safety Glasses
Tools used
Hammer
Rust Penetrant
Jack Stands
Floor Jack
Wire Cutters
7/8 Inch Wrench
1. Removing the Oxygen Sensor
Raise and support the vehicle
Disconnect the oxygen sensor electrical connector
Cut the oxygen sensor wire with wire cutters
Remove the oxygen sensor with a 7/8" wrench
Strike the wrench with a hammer if necessary
Apply rust penetrant to the sensor if necessary
2. Installing the Oxygen Sensor
Remove the shipping protector from the oxygen sensor
Thread the oxygen sensor into the catalytic converter
Tighten the sensor with a 7/8" wrench
Connect the oxygen sensor electrical connector
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the downstream oxygen sensor on this 2006 Ford Explorer. It has the 4.6 liter engine. We show you on, I believe the passenger side; driver's side's the same procedure. We hope you like the video. Please click subscribe. Check out 1AAuto.com for all your parts needs for your Explorer or whatever vehicle you might have. Here are the items you'll need for this repair.
Raise and support your vehicle with jack and jack stands. We have ours on a lift. The downstream oxygen sensors are the ones that go right into the catalytic converter. Passenger side is here and driver's side is over here. We're going to show you how to replace the passenger side one.
Follow your oxygen sensor connection up to this blue connector here. There's a tab right here. Press with your thumb and pull to disconnect. To remove your bad O2 sensor, just use a pair of pliers or a pair of wire cutters and cut the wires. That allows you to easily get a 7/8ths wrench right down and on. Many times these are in there kind of tough, so I like to use a hammer just to give it some impact. A few hits will loosen it up. Use some rust penetrant and let it sit. And then I've got it out a little bit and then put rust oil on there, rust penetrant, and now I'm actually going to thread it back in and see if I can work some down in. The old sensor is out.
Here are the old sensor from the vehicle and the new one from 1A Auto. Remove the shipping protector before installation. The connections are exactly the same. The oxygen sensors are exactly the same. The one from 1A Auto is going to be a very good replacement. It's going to fit and function just like your original. New oxygen sensors are available at 1AAuto.com.
Thread in the oxygen sensor. Use a 7/8ths wrench and use the open end to tighten it up. And then just make sure your lead goes up and the tab is down to go into the connector and plug it in and make sure it clicks.
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Tools used
No Tools Needed
1. Identifying your Oxygen Sensors
Upstream oxygen sensors are located in between the engine and the catalytic converter
Downstream oxygen sensors are located in the catalytic converter or farther away from the engine than the catalytic converter
Locate your vehicle's firing order diagram
The bank that contains cylinder one is bank one
The bank that does not contain cylinder one is bank two, even if it does not contain cylinder two
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In this video I have a couple of oxygen sensors with me. While there are some aesthetic differences here, the wire lengths are a little different, the actual body and tip of the sensor are a little different, the threads and gasket are the same, and on the other end the connections are actually the same. I can plug these into either position on our vehicle. But if I had to ask you which one's upstream and which one's downstream, you probably can't tell just from looking at them. That's true of most oxygen sensors. The way you determine whether or not an O2 sensor is upstream or downstream is all done visually.
Your oxygen sensor position can be determined relative to your catalytic convertor. As the name suggests, upstream sensors will be located upstream or ahead of, in front of, above, closer to the engine than your catalytic convertors. This means that they see the exhaust gasses first. They then go through the catalytic convertor and to the downstream oxygen sensor, which will either be located in the catalytic convertor like our vehicle here, or after the catalytic convertor to monitor the gasses coming out of the cat and make sure that it's being efficient relative to the readings of the upstream O2 sensor.
The other determination you need to make is bank one versus bank two. Determining which bank is which can be done by looking at a picture of your vehicle's firing order. Whichever bank contains cylinder one is going to be bank one, and the other one, regardless of whether or not cylinder two is in it, is going to be bank two by default. These banks are true of V engines like V8s, V6s, and flat engines like Porsches and Subarus that have individual banks.
On inline four-cylinder engines, as long as they have one exhaust manifold like a Jeep four-liter or a four-cylinder Honda engine, you'll only have one bank with an upstream and downstream O2 sensor. There will be no bank two on the engine.
On our vehicle here, this is the passenger side, which we've already determined from the firing order is bank one. We have our upstream sensor here closest to the engine ahead of the cat. Then we have our downstream or sensor two here inside of the catalytic convertor. This could also be located somewhere after the cat. Here I have my two sensors for the vehicle. While they are aesthetically different, we can now tell this is my upstream sensor because it looks just like the upstream sensor I have up there. This is my downstream sensor. Now that we know which one's which, we can order the right part, correct the problem, and fix you up right.
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★★★★★May 18, 2026
Good 02 replacement for 07 Taurus
Best replacement I could find
★★★★★March 2, 2026
Great service
I was sent the correct parts I ordered. These are quality parts at a reasonable price.
★★★★★January 9, 2026
Sensors
Good product, it was the correct fit. The sensors are doing there job.
★★★★★September 24, 2025
Quality complete kit
It's nice that the kit comes with upstream and downstream sensors. Fixed my check engine light, the truck is getting better mileage and running great. As usual 1aauto quickly delivers quality parts!
★★★★★June 27, 2025
Best product that I have installed in my Mustang
As expected and on time
★★★★★May 5, 2025
Easy as 1,2,3. Just as an OEM part
Went in as an OEM part. Will shop with 1A Auto again. And yes will be referring friends.
★★★★★March 3, 2025
Upper and lower oxygen sensors :)
I was really surprised these sensors worked as intended on my 2000 mustang gt 4.6L. :) The support was also great!
★★★★★October 3, 2024
After figuring out locations for each sensor went smoothly
★★★★★September 14, 2024
Great service
Just what I needed. Great fit, great price, and delivered on time. I would highly recommend 1A Auto.
★★★★★May 16, 2024
Works great!
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RaymondMay 11, 2026
We bought the 4 sensor kit from TRQ.. We understand the concept of upstream and concept of down stream. What we need to know from TRQ is, within that kit of 4 sensors, which 2 are the upstream sensors and/or which 2 are the down stream?
They are all identical besides the smaller ones I just matched length when I swapped them I replaced the ones that were most similar in length
Shawn · May 18, 2026
JoshuaJanuary 21, 2025
Will these fit a 1998 f150 with the 4.6l?
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Jessica · January 22, 2025
KristoferMarch 19, 2024
Will these fit 2001 f150 lariat 5.4L super crew cab?
Yes
vincent · March 25, 2024
JohnMarch 18, 2024
So these will fit a Lincoln LS V 6....?
Yes
vincent · March 25, 2024
JackieFebruary 17, 2024
Do the connectors match the 4.0 mustang? I don't want to change pigtails
These parts are listed to fit the 2005-2010 Ford Mustang V6 4.0L.
Kemal · February 19, 2024
TraciNovember 25, 2023
How can you determine which sensors are up or downstream.? Are they marked as such
The shorter ones are upstream on the Ford models
David · December 6, 2023
JohnJune 22, 2022
Will these work on a 2004 Ford 4.6? Most Ford mechanics say aftermarket O2 sensors will not work for long on Fords. Will these last longer than a couple months without throwing codes?
I would be skeptical of mechanics saying an aftermarket sensor won't work. A sensor is a sensor. It's either good quality or is not. It's essentially metal designed to create a voltage when it heats up. I installed these sensors and had zero issues for 4 months at least. My 5.4L V8 seized because I didn't get the engine reworked & old high mileage (200k+) Ford trucks have been known for catastrophic engine failure. The wiring on these sensors was longer than the stock O2 sensors I replaced, meaning I could more easily install the new ones. Pay attention to make sure you're installing the front or back in the correct positions. You can get a $30-50 OBD reader online & access the live readings to make sure your sensors are working while you're engine is running & while you're driving. Sadly too many mechanics are worried about making $$ and aren't honest. I would willingly pay a trustworthy mechanic to do certain things & other tasks I enjoy doing myself just for fun. I hope this helps!
M · August 7, 2022
JuanDecember 11, 2021
Do they fit the 2005 lincoln aviator 2wd?
If engine is 5.4L, mine is and has 4 oxygen sensors, exhaust fitting are the same, only thing Im not sure of is the computer compatible to my 2000 f-150
Carl · December 12, 2021
ChristopherMarch 26, 2021
OK I'm so freaking lost and confused,which is the one by the radiator?and is it one behind my engine I have an 01 ford Taurus ses if that matter
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Jessica · March 27, 2021
MMarch 12, 2021
Will this fit a 02 Ford Lightning 5.4 rwd?
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Jessica · March 16, 2021
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