WB Instruments

[John]

What do you mean w/o the 'heater'?  Do you mean the controller?


thanks

John...... trying to figure all this out

At 9:41 PM -0400 7/12/2001, rr wrote:

>Unfortunate. Leaving them in the exhaust & engine running w/o the heater
>powered up will ruin them. Maybe your friend would be willing to go halfers
>on a new sensor?
>
>BobR.
>
>Jack wrote:
>
>>  Brand new, the unit heats up and is operational in about 30-45 sec. Now the
>>  unit won't come on unit I drive around for a few minute. I've gotten Bosch
>>  WB sensor for about $150 each. So it's not too bad even though the unit was
>>  $1200. (was about 1100 when I got mine a year or two ago)
>>  My idiot friend borrow the unit to tune a Honda. Left the sensor on there
>>  and drove around for a few weeks (without hooking up the box). I'm assuming
>>  that all the particles in the exhaust might have accumlated on the sensor.
>>  This is why I want to get calibration gas for it.
>>
>>  Jack
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Brian L Massey" <blocklm at juno.com>
>>  To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
>>  Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 1:43 PM
>>  Subject: Re: WB Instruments
>>
>>  > On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:45:08 -0700 "Jack" <yoshi at hotpop.com> writes:
>>  >
>>  > > The sensor is going bad on mine, but I think my friend left it on
>>  > > the car and drove around with it on too much.
>>  >
>>  > How do you tell that the sensor is "going bad"? I mean, what are the
>>  > symptoms? And how long is too much driving around?
>>  >
>>  > > Anyone got any idea on checking accuracy on this thing? Probably
>>  > > calibration
>>  > > gas? but I'm not too familiar with calibration gas, is there archive
>>  > > on the
>>  > > list that I can look up?
>>  >
>>  > Wow, at $1200+ a pop, I hope you would be able to return the sensor + box
>>  > for checking and calibration, can't you? Isn't this the one that Bruce
>>  > was recommending (same name Bailey)?
>>  >
>>  > I'm from the mechanical side, not electrical, and have been trying to
>>  > study up on these devices, and still have some questions for those in the
>>  > know...
>>  >
>>
>
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