Darn oxygen sensor
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Originally Posted by Ray_N
I'm going to take it to father in law's place.. ramp it up, and use and impact gun to take it out. If not.. i'll cut it out and weld a new pipe back in myself...
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got access to air impact chisel hammer, try at base of O2, may loosen some of the rust, if you have enough room to work
will at least make you feel better after the O2 has some heavy dings in it
why the O2 sensor manuf.'s don't use a stainless steel compression seal washer instead of the cheap steel washer must be a bean counter eng. decision. road salts and chemicals build up around and in seal washer, steel against steel corrision with heat, guaranteed big problemo
they build the sensor case out of stainless but too cheap for 10 cent SS washer? go figure
bean counter engineer must be the same one who designed location of O2 sensor wire cable sockets on 96 AWD
will at least make you feel better after the O2 has some heavy dings in it
why the O2 sensor manuf.'s don't use a stainless steel compression seal washer instead of the cheap steel washer must be a bean counter eng. decision. road salts and chemicals build up around and in seal washer, steel against steel corrision with heat, guaranteed big problemo
they build the sensor case out of stainless but too cheap for 10 cent SS washer? go figure
bean counter engineer must be the same one who designed location of O2 sensor wire cable sockets on 96 AWD
Last edited by 96_4wdr; Nov 1, 2005 at 01:30 PM.
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copper, i know you are not the one who designed the booster rocket seals or the fuel tank foam on the Shuttle, but there is a bean counter engineering group out there that is responsible
at least a stuck O2 sensor will not kill a person
at least a stuck O2 sensor will not kill a person
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Originally Posted by 96_4wdr
copper, i know you are not the one who designed the booster rocket seals or the fuel tank foam on the Shuttle, but there is a bean counter engineering group out there that is responsible
at least a stuck O2 sensor will not kill a person
at least a stuck O2 sensor will not kill a person
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I had the same problem recently.
I used a ring wrench with a long pipe extension and it still took me a lot of force to get it moving. But: it only worked when I had a firm stand under the car (lifted up in a DIY-shop), not when it was jacked up in my garage.
I used a ring wrench with a long pipe extension and it still took me a lot of force to get it moving. But: it only worked when I had a firm stand under the car (lifted up in a DIY-shop), not when it was jacked up in my garage.
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On the candle wax method mentioned above, I believe it's bee's wax not candle wax which is primarily parafffin based.
Yesterday I had the devil of a job getting #3 spark plug out and finally jarred it loose by using a 4 lb hammer on a piece of 2" x 1" wood against the ratchet.
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