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So i have finally decided to get a new oxygen sensor form Mr Nissan, but my problem is that its bloody impossible to remove as i can't get a spanner in there and get enough torque on the spanner to undo it!

i tried an ultratune which was open sat mornings that is nearby me, but they don't have the tool to do it :(

now i know there is a tool which is like a big socket that goes over the o2 sensor but has a hole in the side for the wire to go through.. i went to supercheap and repco but no luck. repco have one in toowoomba but that's not much help

this is what it looks like:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Oxygen-Sens...sspagenameZWD1V

so does anyone have one?

or does anyone have another special device that could help me out?

a 6-pack of beer is in it for any kind soul that wants to help me out this weekend

preferrable near to the brisbane city

cheers,

Warren

PS if you can help me out, send me a PM with your mobile/home number so that i can contact you :woot:

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would a ring spanner fit in there? undo the clip and put the wire through the ring spanner hole??? although the clip might be too big to fit through the ring spanner... give it a try anyway

i use a ring spanner with a piece chopped out of it

drive it around here :D

Get out the WD40 and crc, also ever tried a 12" shifter and a hammer to break rust. usually works for me, there easy to get off dun see the problem.

Mind you if you were to be travelling down as far as springwood way i would do it for free

drive it around here :D

Get out the WD40 and crc, also ever tried a 12" shifter and a hammer to break rust. usually works for me, there easy to get off dun see the problem.

Mind you if you were to be travelling down as far as springwood way i would do it for free

PM sent

I have always used an adjustable spanner for the 02 sensor and have always found them to be just over finger tight...

When you put the new one in just pinch it up just over finger tight again, they dont need to be done up to 100lbs with a torque wrench... :)

must say the O2 sensor was one SOB to get out, just ask warren, the thing was on so friggen tight it wasnt funny, let alone there wasnt much room at all to get to it, but all in all supercheap came in handy, and finally got it out with a 22mm long socket, Perfect fit all round, as long as you do not require your old 02 sensor, and in with the NEW one with 1/16 to 1/8th of a turn after hand tight, perfecto.

Cheers and glad to help

Adam

Splash of brake fluid and a decent open end spanner never let me down.

Has the change of O2 sensor made your car feel any better in closed loop mode Warren?

I noticed it struggled to climb revs slowly when just touching the throttle but when you just started to back off the revs would jump then fall. Usually an indication of O2 sensor malfunction.

thansk again adam, hope those beers go down nicely >_<

daniel: haven't been able to notice much difference yet as i have only driven it home and nowhere else. but, it hasnt missed a beat yet

i will report back of the differences in a few days.. and with some fuel economy changes (if any)

oh, and i have had a couple of PM's about the part number for the geniune nissan item, and its: 22690-73L11

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