Cleaning an O2 sensor

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

"stoichiometric"
Haven't heard that word in a while!
You are a true car guy.
I am very rarely stoichiometric myself.
Jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gates" <gatesj@mailblocks.com>
To: <sukchew@cox-internet.com>; <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>;
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Cleaning an O2 sensor


> Just buying a generic four wire sensor is fairly cheap but it may be
> even cheaper to buy other sensors.  For example, the four wire sensor
> for my F-150 is $40, the generic is about $55-$60.  I have bought the
> F-150 sensor (same exact part, Bosch) cut the Ford connector off and
> soldered on the VW pigtail and used it in my Jetta without incident.
>
> Try asking for the price of a sensor for a '95 Ford F-150.
>
> But what sort of sucks is that standard, non-wideband sensors will
> transition between high voltage and low voltage VERY quickly when you
> cross the center of stoichiometric.  You have to watch the voltage very
> closely as you set the mixture and move the mixture adjustment very
> slowly.
>
> John Gates
> --
> '85 Scirocco
> '97 Jetta GLX
>