Reason for a more powerful Pressure Washer?

sneek said:
super off topic here, but I am pretty sure oiled filters are safe. It is not like you are pulling a dripping wet filter into your car. After you clean and oil your filter your supposed to give it time ot air/dry out.

no offence, but I am almost sure that K&N knows more about cars than your friend.
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No offence taken, I sure hope they know more than my friend and I ;). "More air = more contaminates." totaly agree...Haha, i love this! one second we are talking about pressure washers then air filters:D Well think of it this way, if air can get through the filter, so can oil, there is so much suction going through the air filter it starts to very slowly leech out the oil and some of it ends up on the o2 sensor,, you end up with a coat of oil on the o2 sensor which is bad, again,my friend and i could be wrong..but it makes perfect sense to me. Again it can damage SOME O2 sensor, not all.
 
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Again, the more mods you have on your car, the more maintenance. CLEAN ur O2 and MAF more often. NO PROBLEMS THEN.

More mods = More Maint..... (try FI and see how much maint is needed)
 
Thejoyofdriving said:
No offence taken, I sure hope they know more than my friend and I ;). "More air = more contaminates." totaly agree...Haha, i love this! one second we are talking about pressure washers then air filters:D Well think of it this way, if air can get through the filter, so can oil, there is so much suction going through the air filter it starts to very slowly leech out the oil and some of it ends up on the o2 sensor,, you end up with a coat of oil on the o2 sensor which is bad, again,my friend and i could be wrong..but it makes perfect sense to me. Again it can damage SOME O2 sensor, not all.
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Do you even know where an O2 sensor is located? If so please humor me and tell me because it is the MAF that can be damaged if you over oil the filter not the O2 sensor. I can't wait for this thread to be locked because of JoD hijacking this thread.:D
 
Strokin04 said:
Do you even know where an O2 sensor is located? If so please humor me and tell me because it is the MAF that can be damaged if you over oil the filter not the O2 sensor. I can't wait for this thread to be locked because of JoD hijacking this thread.:D
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Thats an insult, O2 sensor is right after the air box. Plus one more sensor before the first cat.
 
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Thejoyofdriving said:
Thats an insult, O2 sensor is right after the air box. Plus one more sensor in the first cat I believe, not sure though, i think its an O2 sensor.
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I rest my case you don't know what you are talking about, yet again.
 
Strokin04 said:
I rest my case you don't know what you are talking about, yet again.
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Wow, you are going to sit here and tell me where my o2 sensor is??? where are yours located?
 
Thejoyofdriving said:
Wow, you are going to sit here and tell me where my o2 sensor is??? where are yours located?
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On the exhaust side of the motor before the cat and the sensor after the air box is a MAF (mass air flow) sensor. Anymore questions speed racer?;)
 
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Thejoyofdriving said:
Im pretty sure oiled filters can damage some O2 sensors, There are two different kinds, coil and some other type, my friend which knows A LOT about cars was telling me how oil can get on the sensor and ruin it. He could be wrong but he knows his Sh!t.
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First, one should not be saying he is pretty sure about something, as if he is 100% confident in 100% accuracy of his statement because he does know it for sure as an expwert on the subject, when he does not know anything on the subject nor he verified accuracy of statements others gave him.

Second, I am pretty sure, if that is really what your friend told you, that his knowledge on that area of car operation is zero. Why I say that? Because oil filter is in the intake tract of the engine. O2 sensors are in exhaust tract. Whatever little oil finds it's way into air it will get burnt during combustion before it even had a chance to pass by O2 sensor. Furthermore, quantity of excess oil air filter could introduce in combustion between "refills" is many times smaller than quantity of engine oil introduced in combustion during same time period. Therefore that has no impact on O2 sensors and that is not what would be causing impact on O2 sensors.

Third, by now it should be obvious to you that when I make a statement it is usually a very solid one. I can not believe that you still did not learn that if you are going to say something on it you better make triple sure you are coming prepared with correct stuff. Telling people you are pretty sure they are wrong while talking without anything behind the talk is very irritating.

Last, but not least, I continue find your continued choice of language offensive, in bad manners and taste.
 
Thejoyofdriving said:
Thats an insult, O2 sensor is right after the air box. Plus one more sensor before the first cat.
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You might want to double check your terminology. Sensors in intake tract (whether it is MAF or MAP) are not called oxygen (O2) sensors.
 
Strokin04 said:
On the exhaust side of the motor after the cat and the sensor after the air box is a MAF (mass air flow) sensor. Anymore questions speed racer?;)
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AAAaaaaaaa, mass air flow sensor.....right. Speed racer, use to watch that, its kind of a catchy name, you wouldn't mind calling me that all of the time would you?You got me this time.........:(:applause: Oh well...cant know every thing can I......;), one day. I accept defeat, I shall now go into the corner and stay in the fetal position for a few hours and cry myself to sleep........... Oh and my car has 4 cats, so it looks like its after the first pair or before.....its hard for me to see under there, where the 1,2,3 cylinder headers and the 4,5,6 headers meet, so many cats.....need to pay a visit to modern muffler.....1 maybe 2 metal matrix cats will do.:D:awesome:

Zoran, I misinterpreted what he said, he was speaking of the MAS, for some reason I though it was the O2 sensor...glad I got that straight.
 
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Thejoyofdriving said:
Zoran, I misinterpreted what he said, he was speaking of the MAS
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Using correct terminology always helps. With that in mind, what is MAS?
 
ZoranC said:
FMINUS, with all due respect, how one cleans O2 sensors?
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Doesnt it screw right out? its not welded is it? Soak it in some 303 aerospace cleaner :awesome:or that might break it, dont know:(
 
ZoranC said:
expwert
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What is a expwert?....J/K giving you a hard time:p;) I meant to say MAFS(mass air flow sensor) fast typing, forgot to add the "F"...mistakes common, after all we are not all spelling expwerts:p haha, I love that, Im not trying to be mean, I cant spell at all hehe.
 
I use the same MAF spray cleaner. My old truck used to idle and die, I would have to spray the o2 sensor (near the header) every month to keep that sucker alive...

That thing would spit out black smoke. MAF is the plug in the intake BTW..... not the o2....
 
Thejoyofdriving said:
Doesnt it screw right out? its not welded is it? Soak it in some 303 aerospace cleaner :awesome:or that might break it, dont know:(
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That was my point. They are not designed to be cleaned. They are designed to be replaced. If mods are believed to be causing contamination of O2 sensor that is an incorrect thinking. O2 gets contaminated if car is running rich. Car will be running rich with mods only if design / install is wrong (in cases when extra air flow introduced by mods can be handled by stock ECU) or if mods (like forced induction) required fuel remapping and that was done wrong.
 
ZoranC said:
That was my point. They are not designed to be cleaned. They are designed to be replaced. If mods are believed to be causing contamination of O2 sensor that is an incorrect thinking. O2 gets contaminated if car is running rich. Car will be running rich with mods only if design / install is wrong (in cases when extra air flow introduced by mods can be handled by stock ECU) or if mods (like forced induction) required fuel remapping and that was done wrong.
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Ya, a nice black layer starts to build up when its running too rich, not good.
 
ZoranC said:
That was my point. They are not designed to be cleaned. They are designed to be replaced. If mods are believed to be causing contamination of O2 sensor that is an incorrect thinking. O2 gets contaminated if car is running rich. Car will be running rich with mods only if design / install is wrong (in cases when extra air flow introduced by mods can be handled by stock ECU) or if mods (like forced induction) required fuel remapping and that was done wrong.
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THe only mod on that old truck was age and bad maintanance! Im so glad someone stole it.... :o
 
justin30513 said:
I've used all types of washers. I would never go back from my Honda GX 9HP. But......it's the pump that makes all the difference. Sorta like having a 1969 Camaro with a V6 I guess........LOL!

You do get more foam and faster rinsing with higher GPM. If you all remember I used a Karcher electric forever and loved it. Sometimes you just have to upgrade though.
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I looked up the Honda, $1000.....:eek::eek::eek:
 
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