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I have a 99 SC2 Saturn that is flashing the Service Engine Soon light once in a while. I hooked up my scan guage to it and it shows a 133 code, which according to the chart says Sensor Circuit Slow Response (Bank 1 Sensor 1). Does this mean it needs an O2 sensor?

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Fig. Fig. 1: ALDL Pinout


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jturcotte_26.gifFig. Fig. 2: Schematic for the MAP sensor circuit


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