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Old 04-21-2010, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by lt1pwr1
Did you heat the headers up until they turned cherry red before you tried to break the o2 loose? I've had some PITA o2's but I used MAP gas and get the exhaust cherry red (takes a few minutes of constant heat) and they usually break right loose. I would somehow try to get the header in the vice, then heat the surrounding area up until it turns red then put your o2 socket on and hit it loose with a hammer.
I only have a propane torch, but ran out of propane....damn. Bad day ..lol. I ended up buying a thread chaser, cleaning up the threads by hand a bit and then using the tool to chase the threads. I got the new sensor in and haven't had an SES light yet.



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