thanks i will check this in the morning. i cant begin to express my gratitude for your help

 

it popped up with .003 for the resistance. could i just put some sort of resistor in line?

 

sorry different multimeter than i am used to. its right around 106.3

 

Usually a bad sensor heater will go to open-circuit. But still, 100 ohms will probably set off the CEL. That's a serious increase in resistance (assuming you measured it right) and probably it'll completely fail before too long.

 

anyway i can personally fix this

 

Sure, the way to fix it is to get a new sensor. You really can't open the sensor & mess with its heating element, without destroying the sensor.