Unimpressed with Autometer gauge service

I know that you have to remove the sensor every now and then to let it recalibrate in fresh air. Have you ever done that ?

No, and Autometer's instructions mention nothing about doing that.

Although every time the car has sat for a week, and I turn the key without starting the engine while the sensor warms up, there is ambient air in the header collector anyway...

I'm not sure this gauge is calibrated that way, since once the sensor is warm (with engine off), the gauge goes to maximum (18 or greater AFR) and not 14.7... ?