Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Steps Involved In O2 Sensor Recycling

By Alissa Gilliam


The part of your engines system that is charged with ensuring your engine works as intended is known as an oxygen sensor. The work of the oxygen sensor is to work with the processor in your engine by feeding it information regarding the oxygen and air levels that are present. Its main aim is to enhance the ratio at which air and fuel in your engine combine in order to make it run smoothly. It ensures that a maximum ratio is achieved by controlling the volume of fuel your engines requires to function. By doing so, it gets rid of any impairment that otherwise make the engine pollute the air. O2 sensor recycling is very acute in showing fuel efficacy so you should always consider it.

The first step would be to remove the oxygen reader from your engine. Before attempting to do this, you must see to it that you have goggles for protecting your eyes or a face shield to cover your face with and fire retardant gloves to protect your hands.

Once this is done, you can be able to see coagulated carbon in the device. You will take a blowtorch and turn it on until a desired flame is reached. You should make sure to handle the blowtorch with the heat resistant gloves at all times.

Using a couple of tongs, you will hold up the oxygen reader and bring the flame produced by the blowtorch to the tip of the reader. The heats from the flame will combust the thick layer of carbon making it breaks up. The tip has to turn red, however, for the carbon layer to break off.

After a bit of time, turn of the blowtorch and let the reader cool down. To aid this, you can use water to cool of the tip but make sure that only the opening of the sensor comes into contact with it. If you immense the whole device in water, you may well cause extreme damage to it.

After cooling off, take dense air and coat the sensor with it. This process gets rid of any soot that might have formed in the process. If after doing this you note that there is still a considerable amount of soot, redo the process again until there is no build up.

When you are done, you will put it back your car exhaust manifold and give it a test drive. If your engine light turns on, then it means that the cleaning was not effective and a new oxygen reader is needed.

You should never attempt to operate a blowtorch if you are not experienced in its use. By going to a garage or an electrical hardware, you can avoid damaging the sensor or burning yourself by having an experienced and qualified electrician do the procedure for you.

If it is not possible for O2 sensor recycling, and you simply cannot use it again, you can take it to a recycling station in your location who will make sure that all the parts are put to good use.




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