Moorron
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 10:01 AM |
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LAMBDA CLEANING?
Hi, after fixing my engine which let a lot of oil down the exhaust pipe i am having troubles with my lambda sensor. Is there any way of cleaning the
sensor to see if its just gunked up or totally Kaput? The sensor is easily removable so I can soak in a jar but I don’t know what to use. I can then
get my AFR meter to do a fresh air test to recalibrate the unit.
Cheers.
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 10:16 AM |
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is there a wee hole in the side as if it has, then that is an air vent and must not be blocked. Don't think I'd soak it at all as it think
the material they are made from is porous and god knows what that will do to it, might just catch fire when refitted! I'd just gently clean the
soot off and refit
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 10:49 AM |
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There's no way I know of to clean them, if there were I reckon you could sell a lot of it!
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Dusty
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 10:50 AM |
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You could toast it with a blow torch or on the gas hob to get rid of oil. Then brush off any soot. Any silicon contamination and its caput.
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tootall
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 10:53 AM |
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get a new one i got two for the girlfriends yaris it has a pree and after cat lambda and engine management light was on saying it was one of
lambdas.
they looked fine but at 90 quid + vat from toyota i tryed the universal ones off ebay 15 quid and they work fine every thing is doing what it should
some people dream of sucsess, others just get on and do it !!
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adithorp
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 11:31 AM |
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Bosch technical once told me that the only way was to heat it with a blow torch and burn to oil/carbon off. Don't melt it though. Doesn't
always work.
Beware of e-bay ones. We've had several cars in where the owner has fitted one and it didn't cure the fault. Came to us to diagnose the
problem after and it turns out, they were fakes!
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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britishtrident
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| posted on 9/9/08 at 06:45 PM |
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On Honda car engines the lambdas can get knackered at an oil change srrvice if the oil is poured in too quickly --- gubbed nothing will fix it.
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