WB Instruments

[rr]

The heater in the sensor needs to be powered up whenever
the engine is running. This keeps the sensor up to full
temperature to prevent 'blackening'.

BobR.

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:58:32 -0600
 John <syko at nmia.com> wrote:
> 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
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