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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Feb 27, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) ![]() |
I had to drive an hour and half to meet beastman for the sale of my sideskirts. The night before, I filled up my car. When I came back...I was on empty. Almost dead out. It was only 180-200 miles put on the car during that trip. So today, I was thinking about the possible problems that could be contributing to my crappy gas mileage... The first thing I thought about was the O2 sensor. My car burns oil and maybe the residue was clogging up the sensor or something. I took it out, and here is what it looked like.
![]() This is after I took a wire brush to it and cleaned it the best I could. The white charred marks were a lot thicker. Also, towards the base of the sensor (closest to the flange) was a thick black gunky residue that came off. My question is, should this be replaced or would cleaning it help out? Or make it worse..? Thanks in advance, Steve -------------------- ![]() |
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Jan 9, '03 From St. Louis Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
just replace it, they're like $35 from autozone for the universal ones(you'll need to splice one wire). Even if it's not the o2 sensor, that thing looks like it needs to go.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Feb 27, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) ![]() |
ok, i ended up cleaning it up really well. it looks new...
Do you think that this will help my consumption of fuel? What other things should I check on or replace to help this? -------------------- ![]() |
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Jul 3, '04 From Yakima, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) ![]() |
ehhh, still replace it - it might look good but chances are that u probably have a fried o2 sensor on your hands or malfunctioning
-------------------- the 1/4 doesnt have patience for a ST.... so we make them ST-T's so atleast we'll sound good going slow.
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Mar 31, '04 From Summerville, SC Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) ![]() |
cleaning it won't really help, it's the part inside that matters.
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