New GM (Continental) Flex fuel sensor... needs a pull up?

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prof315
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New GM (Continental) Flex fuel sensor... needs a pull up?

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I am in the process of doing some upgrades to a customer car including a switch to flex fuel. We have one of the new style GM sensors made by Continental and apparently it's an open collector sensor. Will I need to add a pull up to the output or is there already one built into the MS3X flex input?

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Re: New GM (Continental) Flex fuel sensor... needs a pull up

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If youre connecting to MS3X, it should be plug and play. I needed to supply the sensor with 12 volt, signal ground, and signal return.
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Re: New GM (Continental) Flex fuel sensor... needs a pull up

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The MS3X already has the pullup and protection/filtering circuit built in. MS2 needs the circuit built in the proto area as per the manual.
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Re: New GM (Continental) Flex fuel sensor... needs a pull up

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Thanks Guys!
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