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- From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
- Subject: Re: using O2 sensor for carb tuning
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 03:34:56 GMT
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- > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 13:54 EST
- > From: emory!tde.lth.se!leif (Leif Olsson)
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- >Excuse me for asking a stupid question:
- >Does leaded fuel damage the oxygen sensor?
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- >I usually use 98 octan leaded gas :-).
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- >[Absolutely. The sensor uses a platinum catalyst just like a catalytic
- >converter. Lead will poison it. Another insidious poison is silicone
- >RTV. Even the tiniest bit will plug the pores of the sensor. The
- >MFRs caution against using non-compatable RTV anywhere in the engine
- >compartment. JGD]
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- My $0.02. Silicone sprays that some people use under the hood to keep
- hoses, etc. looking pretty will also destroy an O2 sensor.
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- -- Dan
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- Posted by: Dan Malek <emory!widener!westford.ccur.com!dan>
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