Thread: Another female desperately needs help with..... ML320
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Old 02-21-2005, 09:52 AM
Lawrence Coppar Lawrence Coppar is offline
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Originally Posted by M.B.DOC
WE find many times catalytic converter failure is from a lean mixture causing extreme heat inside of the exhaust. MOST of the time that lean mixture is caused by carbon build-up on the "film" of the air mass sensor!
Just curious about how carbon builds up on the air mass sensor if the air mass sensor is in the intake area, upstream of any combustion process. Or are you talking about the O2 sensor?
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