Date:         Sun, 10 Jun 2001 15:27:05 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Boston Bob Engine, Low Compression and Low Vacuum - Update
Comments: To: Mike Finkbiner <mike_l_f@HOTMAIL.COM>
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At 02:48 PM 6/10/2001, Mike Finkbiner wrote:
>There were none.  After the engine was fully warm, the voltage sat at a
>steady .8 V no matter where I had the adjustment screw, up to a full five
>turns in or out from the base position.  There didn't seem to be any change
>in the engine idle,or at 2000 RPM.

Which means that you're still running rich.  The sensor has an absolutely
*tiny* range, so the slightest bit rich or lean will drive it to one side
or the other.


>Remembering that someone had suggested that the O2 sensor could be coated
>with soot, and be reading rich, I removed it.  It was indeed coated with a
>rich black soot, so I took a torch and heated it up.  The metal came up to a
>cherry red very easily, and after it cooled off, the black coating was gone.

Coated because you're running rich...


>I re-installed it, and re-tested.  The results were identical.
>
>In the interests of experiment, I left the adjustment screw turned out 5
>turns, assuming that if the engine were running rich, that might help.
>Driving around town, it seemed to make no difference.
>
>Is it possible that the O2 sensor is shot?  It's only a year old, and on the
>Digitool, once it's up to temperature, the readings swing between a bit
>negative and .8, so something is certainly changing.

So it's working ok in closed-loop mode.


>Was I testing incorrectly?

I don't think so.

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
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