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Posted by BillJ (more from BillJ) on Sun, 8 Apr 2001 12:27:41 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Never mind how to wire up a new O2 sensor..., BillJ, Sat, 7 Apr 2001 17:48:41
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Whew! What a job!

I've got it out and am having tea and scones before I continue. The thing was well and truly siezed in and it seemed nothing would shift it, even after copious amounts of "Plus-Gas". Ring spanner (someone asked what it is - dunno what you call it in the US: ring end of a combination spanner?), pipe wrench, vice grips. Nothing. The problem seemed to be not enough room to swing a spanner, let alone a cat. Couldn't get a socket on it at all. I ended up taking the whole downpipe/cat assembly off the car. I broke off the end of the sensor (I didn't want to break off too much in case I needed to drive with it and I didn't want it to leak), just enough to get a deep 22mm socket on it - one with six sides, AND designed to drive the flats rather than the corners (according to the blurb) - there weren't any corners left anyway. I had almost given up even with that when I felt it move slightly. By this time I thought the socket was slipping, but no, it worked!

The thing was siezed in there and left some of its threads welded to the inside of the hole. At first I thought it had been cross-threaded, but it seems not. I'm going to have to chase the threads - anyone know how I can do this without a tap or a thread chaser, as I haven't got one big enough and I can't drive anywhere to get one? A small electrical screwdriver is getting the rust out, but the threads from the old sensor are proving a bit more difficult.

Rest assured I'll be using the anti-sieze compund that came with the new sensor (and more, if I think there isn't enough). However, next time, at about 200K miles, perhaps it will be someone else's problem.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
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