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P0546 Exhaust Gas Temperature Sensor Circuit High (Bank 1 Sensor 1)

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Component Location
General Description

In EURO4 diesel engine with CPF, injection is devided into 2 pilot, 1 main, 2 post injections. Among these injections, pilot and main injections are for the operation of engine, however post injections are for CPF regeneration. Only in activating condition of CPF regeneration during driving, post injection starts. 1st post injection happens at the end of combustion cycle then, injected fuel is used to raise exhaust temperature. that temp. is sensed T3 exhaust tempt. sensor which is ahead of Turbo charger. 2nd post injection happens at exhaust cycle then, injected fuel is also used to raise exhaust temperature. that temp. is sensed T5 exhaust tempt. sensor which is between Oxydation catalyst and CPF. The reason of raising exhaust tempt. is because exhaust tempt. in diesel engine is too low for CPF regeneration. The optimum tempt. for CPF regeneration is 550~600? thus, the goal of post injection is raise exhaust tempt. to that range of tempt.. However if exhaust tempt. is too high, turbo charger or CPF are likely to be damaged. Therefore if tempt. measured at each sensor is out of permittable value(specification), ECM deactivates CPF regeneration.



DTC Description

P0546 is set when front exhaust gas temp. exceeds 890? - the upper limiting value - for more than 2 sec.

DTC Detecting Condition

Item

Detecting Condition

Possible Cause

DTC Strategy

Voltage monitoring

Exhaust gas temp.

sensor(T3-VGT) wiring

Exhaust gas temp.

sensor(T3-VGT)component

Enable Conditions

IG KEY "ON" or Engine running

Threshold Value

exhaust gas temp. exceeds 890?

(Short to ground in signal circuit)

Diagnostic Time

2 sec.

Fail Safe

Fuel cut

NO

-

EGR Off

NO

Fuel Limit

NO

Check

Lamp

NO

Specification

Resistance/Temperature Characteristics

Temp.(?)

NEW

AGED

Min(k?)

Max(k?)

Min(k?)

Max(k?)

100

317

436

272

515

300

5.52

6.34

5.15

6.79

600

0.341

0.386

0.321

0.411

900

0.0862

0.0925

0.0833

0.096

Schematic Circuit Diagram
Signal Waveform & Data

Fig.1) 4.8V is outputted at EGTS output signal circuit, when exhaust gas temp. is approx.150?.

when exhaust gas temp. is 550~600? at CPF regeneration, output voltage drops to 0.3~0.4V.