anybody got any ideas how to get an o2 sensor out that’s rusted in? There isn’t really enough room in there to get a breaker bar in there and I can’t get that thing to budge at all…hot or cold. (as i understand it hot is better?) If anyone has any ideas or tips, let me know.
do you have a o2 sensor switch socket they are pretty big, warm up the car and use a lot of wd40 or Pb blaster
It is a lot easier with the radiator out but i have done it with the radiator in
you have a few options…
- remove the exhaust manifold and just put it on the ground and rip out the o2 sensor
- take off the heat shield and get a breaker bar in there. what i used was a breaker with an elbow on it to make room
- no matter how much wd40 you use you won’t get it. it’s rusted in there, you need to force it out
- also, if it’s not in that badly borrow an impact wrench, unfortunately mine was soo good in there i had to use a combo of impact wrench/breaker bar
- finally, check to see if the current o2 sensor still works, if it does, f*ck changing it now!
get a new o2 sensor, those things should be a part that is replaced, because they go bad, and u wont have to bother replacing it later on. u will get better gas milage when u replace it.