Repair Procedures: Inspection

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Ignition "ON"
Using the scan tool.
Emit intensive light toward photo sensor using a lamp, and check the output voltage change.
The voltage will rise with higher intensive light and reduce with lower intensive light.

Fig 1: Photo Sensor Connector Terminal Identification

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