Date:         Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:34:16 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rusted on O2 sensor
Comments: To: Ryan Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
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At 10:22 PM 11/23/2010  -0500, Ryan Shawley wrote:
>I had tried pb blaster, wax, sockets, box wrench, vice grips, etc.
>The pipe wrench worked like a charm. Found out about it in the archives

Don't even think about the silly wrench that Bosch make, with a
cutout to slip it past the wire.  It just flexes open and goes dunk
dunk dunk around the flats.  Glad I didn't pay anything like what
Bosch thought it was worth.

Heat on the pipe and cold (upside-down can of Dust-Off or similar
will get you to -30F) on the sensor may help unstick it.  I've had
great luck on various fasteners with that, though it uses up several
dollars-worth of spray on something good-sized.  But if you don't
care about saving it, which in your case you don't, take a pipe
wrench and haul on it as Ryan says.

Yours,
David