Putting in a new front 02 / Lamda sensor tonight, any hints and tips for getting the old boy out?

got a feeling it's not going to simply undo..

let me know your tricks of the trade

Paul

 

you need to get the car up in the air really to get enough leverage on it and maybe heat it up.

personally id take it to a garage and chuck em a tenner just to get it undone.

 

Fair play, I did woner if that would be the best bet...

 

Ask your friendly garage if you can borrow the ramp for 10 mins =£10
Do it yourself rather than some Butty fingered Hack have his way
It's your learning curve aswell

 

Have you standard dp?

 

Ditto, saves you buying the special spanner/socket as well.

 

lol as I have just realised nothing in my bow will get the old bot off, do I but the tool for my growing collection or pay money to a garage?

Paul

 

I believe so

I have no receipt to shop the PO's change it CAT back is all I am aware of.

 

Was going to say put it in dp behind turbo incase it goes wrong again easier to remove

 

i have always used a ring spanner over the wire to remove them on a subaru and never had problem.

 

Yeah, buy some cheap sh1tty thing off ebay that breaks off
How many times are you going to do this job? Probably once?
Personally, I would stick with TT's advice mate.

 

Bought an open sided socket to do this job on my old WRX.
Took 30 minutes using a trolley jack, axel stands and a breaker bar with some WD40 and that was on a car that was 9 years old.

 

SORTED.... well nearly

Bought a Draper 02 sensor socket for a whole £7 from the motor factors, bit of penitrating spray, and it cracked of first go, well happy.

Here ends the happy time, opened the sensor from its packaging and its the wrong ****ing one.....

4" too short and the wrong plug on the end. Quick phone call to the supplier and he confirmed the one I have is for my car, challenged a little further and it seems there is an error in their parts catalogue, the one I need has now been ordered and should be with me thursday....

I will get it done by the weekend

CJS

 

Sorry to hear that CJS
Hopefully it will be replaced ASAP
Glad you give it a go m8 lol

 

Would always have a go mate it's in my blood

CJS

 

Can an O2 sensor been cleaned

Before refitting my old one last night I blew it through with air and a load of whitish dust puffed out.

To day the symptoms that drew me to change it have all gone

Should I still replace ???? My gut feeling says yes

Paul

 

Yes mate. You can give it a clean but symptoms are likely to return, far easier to just replace.

 

Replaced last night....

Made a difference all ready, much smoother on the accelation, did not realise how bad it was until this morning

be interesting to see how much fuel i was unnecessarily burning, or if it was just running lean.

 

LOTS of fuel normally, mine was caning it!

 

Most noticeable is now when I do a 3 point turn on the drive I don't now get a whiff of exhaust fume into the cabin on reversing through my own air

CJS