oxygen sensor

[ab56452001]

hi,just taken my o/s out, its coated in black soot, whats the best way to cleen it up if possible ?, thanks...........

[sircruisealotVS]

just use the same thing you would use on your throttle body....a bit of throttle body and carby cleaner would do the trick, you'd wanna make sure you clean any excess off thoroughly though.

[ab56452001]

hi,tried cleaning it up, same result (intermitant engine light),just out of curiosity went to wreckers pulled one out (10$) of a vn, runs o'k' now. the one i got from the wreckers is a bosch, the one that was in is an ac version, which one is the after market one ?, anyhow the ac one in my car had a brocken clip on bit so maybe it just came on (engine light ) when it hit a bump and the sensor itself is o' k', thanks...........

[aokman]

If you have extractors then the engine light will come on from time to time. Cleaning it up wont really do anything at all, if you want to test the sensor you can do it with a blowtorch and a multimeter.