Need help removing O2 sensor...

[ticlone]

Should I warm it up with a torch? Will one of those lil butane torches be enough? What about letting the engine run? What's you method to this madness?

 

[SyTyJedi]

O2 sensor socket is your friend.

 

[sy112]

PB Blast, it's a SyTyer's best friends.

 

[InvisiBill]

I remember reading in one of my manuals to let it run for a while to warm it up. The downpipe expands a little from the heat, so the O2 isn't so tight then.

Also, I've never changed an O2.

 

[dgoodhue]

Warm it up, if you can't get it with the a wrench pull out the battery and double up the wrenches.

 

[Loeryder]

I've spread open the O2 sensor sockets torquing on them.

Now I use PB Blaster religiously, and a hose clamp to squeeze the O2 socket not letting it spread apart.
Once you round off the sensor you are F'd.

 

[ticlone]

Thanks for the suggestion guys. I removed the fender-well, stuck a pipe on the end my wrench and she popped loose. Air ratchet made getting the fender-well off and on, pretty fast.

Now onto passing my emissions test and finish wiring up the Alky Control I got from Razor a month and half ago! 8)