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admranger 07-07-2016 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by upallnight (Post 1082257)
If you are going to replace the 02 sensor, just do what most professional mechanics would do, snip the wire and use a regular 6 point socket to remove the sensor.
Good point. I've always taken them off b/c I was taking the exhaust down on the race car or something so I needed to preserve the sensor.

Thanks!

kevinkay 07-07-2016 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by admranger (Post 1082422)
Good point. I've always taken them off b/c I was taking the exhaust down on the race car or something so I needed to preserve the sensor.

Thanks!
and I am not so sure I would have the guts to cut them - if I stripped it or could not budge them - at least you could drive the car to someone else with the wire intact, - "i dont know, it was like that......" :)

admranger 07-07-2016 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by kevinkay (Post 1082425)
and I am not so sure I would have the guts to cut them - if I stripped it or could not budge them - at least you could drive the car to someone else with the wire intact, - "i dont know, it was like that......" :)
I can *always* budge them, b/c MAP gas. :D

richardb 07-09-2016 11:55 AM
I replaced two pre-cat sensors on my M54 3.0. The tool and two sensors were under $100 and took about 30 minutes. It did actually give me a small improvement in gas mileage. If the job was much more than $100 though I probably would have just waited for them to fail.


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