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FAOSC (Rear Fuel Trim) Monitor

As the front UEGO sensor ages and gets exposed to contaminants, it can develop a rich or lean bias in its transfer function. The rear bias control (also called FAOSC - Fore/Aft Oxygen Sensor Control) system is designed to compensate for any of these bias shifts (offsets) using the downstream HO2S sensor. The "FAOS" monitor looks for any bias shifts at the stoichiometric point of the front UEGO sensor lambda curve. If the UEGO has developed a bias beyond the point for which it can be compensated for, lean (P2096, P2098) or rich (P2097, P2099) fault codes will be set.

UEGO "FAOS MONITOR" OPERATION:

DTCs P2096 - Post catalyst fuel trim system too lean (Bank 1)
P2097 - Post catalyst fuel trim system too rich (Bank 1)
P2098 - Post catalyst fuel trim system too lean (Bank 2)
P2099 - Post catalyst fuel trim system too rich (Bank 2)
Monitor execution Continuous while in closed loop fuel
Monitor Sequence > 30 seconds time in lack of movement test, > 30 seconds time in lack of switch test
Sensors OK ECT, IAT, MAF, MAP, VSS, TP, ETC, FRP, FVR, DPFE EGR, VCT, VMV/EVMV, CVS, CPV, EVAPSV, FTP, CKP, CMP, ignition coils, injectors, no misfire DTCs, no system failures affecting fuel, no EVAP gross leak failure, UEGO heaters OK, rear HO2S heaters OK, no "lack of switching" malfunction, no "lack of movement" malfunction, no UEGO circuit malfunction, no rear stream 2 HO2S circuit malfunction, no rear stream 2 HO2S functional DTCs, no rear stream 2 HO2S response rate malfunction.
Monitoring Duration 5 seconds to register a malfunction
TYPICAL UEGO "FAOS MONITOR" ENTRY CONDITIONS:

Entry Conditions  Minimum  Maximum 
Closed loop stoich fuel control    
Time since engine start 20 seconds  
Engine Coolant Temp 160 °F 250 °F
Time since entering closed loop fuel 20 seconds  
Fuel Level 15%  
Short Term Fuel Trim Range -13% 18%
Air mass range 2 lbm/min 8 lbm/min
Learning conditions stability time (based on air mass) 15 seconds  
Injector fuel pulse width (not at minimum clip) 650 usec  
Inferred HO2S 2 Heated Tip Temperature 1100 °F  
No excessive movement between currently utilized long term fuel trim cells (1 = complete change from one cell to adjacent cell)   0.5
UEGO sensor within +/- 2 % from the fuel control target    
UEGO ASIC not in recalibration mode    
Stream1 UEGO response test not running    
Intrusive UEGO catalyst monitor not running    
Not performing intrusive UEGO Lack-of-Movement fuel control defib    
No air passing through during valve overlap (scavenging).    
Battery Voltage 11.0 Volts 18.0 Volts
TYPICAL UEGO "FAOS MONITOR" MALFUNCTION THRESHOLDS:

>= 5 seconds since reaching the FAOSC lean or rich limits while system bias maturity is met.
Lean malfunction: -0.083 rear bias trim limit
Rich malfunction: 0.087 rear bias trim limit