ok! this 02 senser will not come out..... went to auto zone used their tool, would not move... bought some pb blastor, soaked it down for three days, my friend brought his socket form work & still no luck....

so I drove to his work, used a torch & glowed it up. it still will not budge.....
with that said do any of you have any idea"s.... I'am sure someone has had this problem....

what are my options ????? 02 sensor is toast after the torch thing......

 

I think someone on here suggested to me when I couldn't get one off to break the body of the O2 sensor off so you can fit a socket on it. I think this might be the best route...long extension and a long ratchet to put some leverage on it.

If need be Darril I have a long Tq wrench and plenty of sockets...and time. Oh and I have Liquid Wrench...the Blue can...blows the PB Blaster away. Bring yourself over...we WILL get it out.

 

just get a socket to fit and then use a long breaker bar.. or just put a long pipe onto the rachet and put as much leverage on it as possable.. and it will buge..

 

ok! so should the down pipe come out of the car.....
to make it easyer to work on, their's not a lot of room, for a big breaker bar.....

whats the easyest thing here? should I try to keep the stock cast iron down pipe. or have a new one made... what have some of you turbo guys done.........thanks hermultra

 

bump!!!!!!!!!

 

ohhh.... hahaha


i used a pipe wrench. doubt it will fit in there though my DP was off the car. they are tough MF's to get out but a pipe wrench a swift hit with the hammer and popped right loose.

 

thanks thats what I was afrade of !!!! couple of ???

can you reuse the gaskets. if not where do ya get them??

 

Yanking the old downpipe can be a biotch. The easiest way is to unbolt the exhaust @ the front of the cat & at the turbo, to drop that whole section.

I say homemade downpipe FTW! I made mine from 1/4" (maybe it was 1/2"?) thick plate steel & 2.5" mandrel bent pipe.

 

doubt thats a half inch. but yeah good time to upgrade.

 

you're stuck.
If you get a stocket on there, you could twist the O2 sensor right off inside the downpipe. That's your best bet. Just be prepare to replace the downpipe. Use antiseize on the new O2 sensor.

My stock downpipe had no threads left. I had to carefully seat that O2 sensor in there and hope that it would stay put until I put a custom downpipe on... or sold the car.

 

heat the metal that the o2 sensor mounts into not the sensor itself.