Date:         Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:32:20 -0800
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 sensor
Comments: To: Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net>
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Sam -

BTDT on boogered threads for the O2.

All of the O2 Sensors used on VWs (and most, but not all other cars) are
usually 18x1.5
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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On 2/16/07, Sam Walters <sam.cooks@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Working on solving FI operation problems.
>
> Removed O2 sensor - actually had someone do it as I couldn't get it out.
>
> Go to install a new one and find threads are damaged and it won't screw
> in.  (No wonder I couldn't get the old one out and it made such
> screeching noises while being removed.)
>
> So, I need to see about getting these threads in the collector tapped
> out and the ones on the new sensor cleaned up a bit.
>
> In the archives I found info on the thread size and pitch for
> Digifant O2 sensors - 18 x 1.5, but nothing about the 1.9l sensor's
> threads.  Is it the same for the Digijet O2 sensor?  They don't go in
> the same pipe or location so they aren't necessarily the same.  And I
> don't have one to compare.
>
> Don't really want to muscle it in.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sam
>
>
> --
> Sam Walters
>
> Baltimore, MD
>