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i thought i said tomorrow (thursday)?

I cant friday because im knocking out early because I have to drive up to San Luis Obispo at 3am to work

 

YENIFURRRRRR LOPAYYYYYYYYYYY!

 

Yeah, the MAF could just be dirty and sending bad readings. You can clean it with throttle body cleaner, but be sure not to spray it directly, as this can damage it. Remove the air filter and spray (without the straw) toward the inlet of the intake tube so that the cleaner is carried naturally through the air. This should accomplish the cleaning without saturating the MAF and causing damage.

 

i did that like 2 months ago....what about the O2 sensor??

 

I always drench my MAF with MAF cleaner haha

 

can you clean oxygen sensor?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 22-Oct-02 AT 00:27 AM (EST)]>Use electrical motor cleaner (found in auto stores). Spray
>some in a small container and soak the end of the sensor.
>Brush lightly.
First of all. It's not whether it can or can't be cleaned. Anything can be cleaned, if you go about it right. The question should be, first of all, whether cleaning it would do any good, and if so, whether it needs to be cleaned. Oxygen sensors are exposed to such extreme heat that the only thing that it can get (dirty) with is carbon. Extreme heat will turn any organic matter, such as gasoline or oil, into carbon. Well the bad thing about that, is that baked carbon is not soluble in any kind of solvent, and even if it was, the sensing unit within the o2 sensor module, is not exposed, and is not visible. It is covered by what is usually a louvered steel cylinder. Therefor if you're going to brush it, use a wire brush and brush it as hard as you want, because it isn't going to hurt the steel cover. But this is the problem. The only thing that you can really clean with any success is the outer cover. Since solvents won't do any good, I really would not recomend using electric motor cleaner, since the active indredient in it is Trichloroethylene which is not a very strong solvent. not only is it's strength very low, but also, since it is designed to clean electronic components, it evaporates very rapidly, resulting in a very short working time.
Since o2 sensors are disigned to hande such extreme temeratures. The best method of cleaning them, is to heat the bottom part of the sensor (the part that inserts into the exaust) with a propane torch, to the point that it just begins to turn red. You do not want it to glow chery red, even though they are designed to take extreme heat, you can still over do it. Once you have it heated to the point that is just turns red, or to the point just befor it turns red, quench it in water. This will break free any carbon build up inside the sensor. After the first time, some pieces may still be to big to come out of the sensor so I would recomend doing it 2 to 3 times, blowing it out with an air compressor between each time. But I would have to say, good luck, since O2 sensors very seldom fail do to being dirty. This is not common at all.


Pulled from another site. Interesting to see if this would work, but I'd definately be ready to buy another one, just in case!

 

i guess ill buy another one and see if i can clean the existing one lol
thnx for the info

 

Nubbs how was the races btw??

 

Please please Don't use any other cleaner then Crc qd electrical contact cleaner ""aerosol""
If you do it will cause problems down the way. Once tho's thing's go bad there's almost no way to save them.

When un pluging every thing Make sure the pins all are connecting. (ie) When you re assemble the MAF.
Do not spray right on the needle. It may bend it.
Use microfiber Terry Cloth that way no lint get in it.
:Just want to do it correct the first time:

 

+1

 

I had decided that they would have likely been done by the time I got there. So I just ended up cruising to my buddy's place out in Apple Valley.

 

Alright guys so one of my bulbs went out on my hid headlights and i went to vatozone and orielly and they both said they dont carry hid replacement bulbs. So where do you guys go to get a new hid bulb ? I would like to get one today if possible so i dont want to order one off line and wait a week

 

craigslist

 

I was thinking more of a store like should i go to a sound system place that claims to due everything tint, sound systems, hid. And hopefully they would sell the bulbs

 

store HID bulbs are the same quality as CL, but more expensive, unless you can find brand new OEM bulbs like philips, but I doubt it.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/2914329488.html

 

Ok cool thank you

 

i used to get mine from a shop i got my system done here in Ontario...i think it was $50 for 2 bulbs i dont remember...

 

I got one. 5100k you can has.

 

There's a place in upland that is 60 bucks for the whole kit. Every thing.
40$ for the bulbs.

 

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