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"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> > I wonder if pure heat and no chemicals would do it, if you could heat up
> > the element enough to burn off contaminants? Platinum melts at 3,200F.
> > Exhaust gas in the combustion chamber is about 2,300F.

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Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> I tried that on a really dead sensor. The buildup melts when it's white
> hot.

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OK, the buildup melted. Did the sensor 'revive' or did it perish in the
flames? Did you 'scope' the sensor before / after?

'Curly'

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:441ADE46.111C6E32@interbaun.com:

>
> "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>> > I wonder if pure heat and no chemicals would do it, if you could
>> > heat up the element enough to burn off contaminants? Platinum melts
>> > at 3,200F. Exhaust gas in the combustion chamber is about 2,300F.
>
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>
> Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
>> I tried that on a really dead sensor. The buildup melts when it's
>> white hot.
>
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>
> OK, the buildup melted. Did the sensor 'revive' or did it perish in
> the flames? Did you 'scope' the sensor before / after?
>
> 'Curly'
>

He said it "melted",but he didn't say whether the buildup was removed from
the sensor or not.

He also did not say whether he tried the "revived" sensor on a car,and the
results.
What's the point of trying to "revive" the "really dead sensor" if you
don't test it afterwards?

I think I'd rather try the chemical method.
At least someone says they tried the revived sensor on their engine.

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