can you clean an oxygen sensor? and how do you read them?

[Thomas Fox]

 "David Pertuz"  Wrote:
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>  Can an oxygen sensor be cleaned the way a spark plug can, e.g. in a
toaster
> oven o tal?
David,
You'll need a MAPP torch, kinda like a propane torch only HOTTER. You can
pick one of those up at a hardware store.
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/napsz/BBS_Image/mapptrch.jpg

Then you simply heat the tip of the O2 sensor 'till it's red hot, which only
takes a couple of seconds, and let the O2 sensor cool off and then
reinstall.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/napsz/BBS_Image/o2clean.jpg

Thomas Fox
'93 NX2000
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