Is Cleaning the Oxygen Sensor Useful?
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Whether cleaning the oxygen sensor is useful depends on different situations: If the tip of the oxygen sensor is found to be black (mainly due to carbon deposits), cleaning it at this time is very useful; if the tip is white or brown, it indicates that the oxygen sensor has been poisoned (the former is silicon poisoning, while the latter is lead poisoning), and cleaning is not useful. The oxygen sensor is a critical sensing component in the electronic fuel injection engine control system, and it is also a key part in controlling vehicle exhaust emissions, reducing the environmental pollution caused by vehicles, and improving the fuel combustion quality of the engine. Oxygen sensors are installed on the engine exhaust pipe.