O2 sensor, no cataylictic converter, Tempo

[Juantontiki]

my cataylictic converter in my 1994 Tempo was stinking like rotten eggs so i removed it and put a pipe to fill in its place, so i still have my muffler. I left the O2 sensor alone and I was wondering if my car would run too lean and damage the engine if i leave it this way? I think my car has only one sensor, just the one in front of the area where the Cat was. thanks.

[drdisque]

as long as the O2 sensor doesn't throw a CEL you're fine, if it does (which it probably will) you'll need an MIL eliminator, I don't know who makes one that would work on a tempo.

[Samw]

As long as your car only has one O2 sensor, don't worry about it. The ones with a second O2 sensor are the ones that have problems, since the second, after 'cat sensor's only purpose is to monitor catalytic converter performance.

A car like a Tempo will run without any exhaust system at all. As long as the O2 sensor can sample the engine's exhaust, it won't "go lean".