By Leticia Jensen


Oxygen sensor recycling is one of the most important methods used by car owners to raise the efficiency of their engines. Air feelers are part of the exhaust system where they get exposed to many pollutants such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and carbon oxides among others. These pollutants, coupled with frequent cooling and heating result to destruction of the air feeler. This article is a holistic account of how to recycle your air car feeler.

Contamination of the car fuel, oil, and engine coolant has been the main cause of damage to air feelers in cars. The damage is worsened by accumulation of soot that lowers the ultimate efficiency to detect air in the exhaust. When these damages occur simultaneously, your car gas usage and engine efficiency gets compromised.

Since the feelers function is helping to ensure that air and fuel mixture getting to the exhaust system are in appropriate quantities, these impurities have been the main cause of your engine running rich or lean. Maintenance of proper status of the car air feeler is consequently very crucial in lowering the gas usage. It also improves the entire engine efficiency and reduces holistic engine depreciation.

Procuring new air feelers for a car can be very costly and make running the car unsustainable. After noticing problems with the air feeler, the best course of action is not considering to look for replacement, but seeking ways of salvaging it. It is however important for you to understand that the process of cleaning and salvaging the feeler is not easy and requires great care.

Because the sensor operates inside the exhaust system where temperatures are very high, the main contaminants often get covered by a layer of hard carbon at the tip. This hardened layer is usually stubborn and cannot be dissolved using solvents. The best method to remove the carbon cover is taking a tough blow torch and heat the feeler tip.

Once this feeler cools down, pass compressed air to have the tip clean. This makes the deposits on your feeler to break down and fall off. You are advised to repeat the process of blowing the feeler severally until all the hardened soot loosens completely and gets off the feeler surface.

To remove contaminants resulting from oil and fuel, it is advisable to use CRC type of electronic cleaner. This cleanser is very effective and clears all the fuel related contaminants without leaving any residue. To avoid damaging the air feeler, it is important to avoid contacts of any air feeler with the cleaner nozzle.

The whole process of clearing dirt from the air feeler makes your body get exposed to dangerous chemicals and pollutants. Your hands should therefore be covered with gloves and the body in a complete overall. The eyes should also be covered using goggles and the nose masked to avoid inhalation of dangerous heavy metals such as lead and gases such as concentrated nitrogen oxides which are sure to be present.




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