Have a look at these O2 sensors

Red370 · 03-01-2010, 01:58 PM

Well ladies and gents, i've had a CEL on for a few thousand miles now, comes on, goes off, comes on, goes off. Well I finally got around to taking it into the hobby shop and getting her up on a lift to see what the problem may be. I came armed with some steel wool to see if that would help the issue. Well I took the sensors out and to my surprise, they were covered in black sooty residue, now, mind you, I havent dealt with O2 sensors alot in the past, so I dont know if this is normal or not, im sure different cars show different things. I packed some steel wool into the bungs and put them back on, so hopefully after a few hundred miles, the CEL will go away, however, I dont know if this residue may be the cause of the problem or if its normal, for some of you mechanic types, take a look at these and tell me if this much buildup is normal for a car with 10k miles. Also, is there a way to clean these without screwing up the sensors?

vipor · 03-01-2010, 02:00 PM

WTB Focusing.

All O2's I've seen have looked like that (when not new). Most have had some miles on them.

wheee! · 03-01-2010, 02:08 PM

MACRO mode.... use the flower power....

Red370 · 03-01-2010, 02:19 PM

Sorry for the image quality, all i had on me was the cell phone. You really dont need high resolution to see the soot.

kdoske · 03-01-2010, 03:01 PM

Really nice hobby shop you have there. What base is that?

I am about to do a HFC install. how much steel wool is pushed into the non-fouler? Do you put it in the entire tube? Do you pack it tight? I just don't know...

RCZ · 03-01-2010, 04:35 PM

Those don't look bad to me...they look the way that something in the direct path of your exhaust should look like.

Red370 · 03-01-2010, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdoske

Really nice hobby shop you have there. What base is that?

I am about to do a HFC install. how much steel wool is pushed into the non-fouler? Do you put it in the entire tube? Do you pack it tight? I just don't know...

Its at Ft. Bliss, they have 10 lifts and a pit to change oil in, its F-ing awesome. As far as the steel wool goes, I put enough in so that when I screwed the O2 sensor back in, there was a slight resistance, and when I say slight, i mean SLIIIIGHT, dont wanna pack it in too too tight. And thanks RCZ, good to hear, hopefully the steel wool trick works for me.

03-01-2010, 01:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 296	Have a look at these O2 sensors Well ladies and gents, i've had a CEL on for a few thousand miles now, comes on, goes off, comes on, goes off. Well I finally got around to taking it into the hobby shop and getting her up on a lift to see what the problem may be. I came armed with some steel wool to see if that would help the issue. Well I took the sensors out and to my surprise, they were covered in black sooty residue, now, mind you, I havent dealt with O2 sensors alot in the past, so I dont know if this is normal or not, im sure different cars show different things. I packed some steel wool into the bungs and put them back on, so hopefully after a few hundred miles, the CEL will go away, however, I dont know if this residue may be the cause of the problem or if its normal, for some of you mechanic types, take a look at these and tell me if this much buildup is normal for a car with 10k miles. Also, is there a way to clean these without screwing up the sensors? __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs Last edited by Red370; 03-01-2010 at 02:01 PM.

03-01-2010, 02:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
vipor A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Euless, TX [ DFW ] Age: 42 Posts: 13,531 Drives: Nismo 09-0183 QAB Rep Power: 49	WTB Focusing. All O2's I've seen have looked like that (when not new). Most have had some miles on them. __________________ 2009 NISMO # 0193 \| QAB \| Albums! \| 05.04.10 (Dynojet) 291.94hp/248.28tq Oil Cooler (DIY) \| Custom Headlights \| GTSPEC Braces \| F.I. Long Tube Headers

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03-01-2010, 02:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Red370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Posts: 4,391 Drives: your mom to church Rep Power: 296	Sorry for the image quality, all i had on me was the cell phone. You really dont need high resolution to see the soot. __________________ 2011 Mustang 5.0 \| 3.55's \| Lethal Performance off road H-Pipe \| Magnaflow Muffler Delete \| JLT CAI/Bama tuned 417whp/ 404 ft/lbs

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kdoske Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 541 Drives: 800whp Unicorn FI Z Rep Power: 17	Really nice hobby shop you have there. What base is that? I am about to do a HFC install. how much steel wool is pushed into the non-fouler? Do you put it in the entire tube? Do you pack it tight? I just don't know...

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RCZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 6,403 Drives: '09 370Z Rep Power: 1118	Those don't look bad to me...they look the way that something in the direct path of your exhaust should look like.