[V8] Oxygen sensor removal advice needed

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Kneale,

Good advice.  You know, I don't think it's totally rounded, but I think that
flare nut wrench could concievably stretch a bit due to the opening side.
Yeah, I might as well snip the wires and use a regular deep socket on it.  I
think I'll soak it for a bit more with PB Blaster (can't hurt).

Ingo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>; "V8 List"
<v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] Oxygen sensor removal advice needed


> I cut off the wires and used a regular deep socket mit
> Looooooooonnnnggggggg breaker bar/pipe combo.  Sensor was leaving threads
> behind as it came out, so it was a difficult pull the whole way.  Then I
> had to run a thread chaser (same size as a sparkplug thread) in and out
> several times to get the new one to go in smoothly.  If your flare nut
> wrench has totally rounded all the corners, you may need one of those
> special sockets for removing bolts where the head has rusted to undersize
> or rounded off completely.  I've not seen a deep version of one of those,
> so you'd probably have to cut off some of the sensor.
>
> At 10:29 AM 11/15/2004 -0500, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:
> >I've soaked mine with penetrant.  I've heated it up until it's glowing
RED
> >with a propane torch and then tried removing it with a flare nut wrench
> >(tighten/loosen) and have only succeeded in rounding the nut :-(.  Any
> >further words of wisdom?
> >
> >-Ingo
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