I’m trying to replace my sensor and notice there’s a bit of oil on it.
Heating up the manifold as so far it’s not budging.
Wondering where the oil could be coming from.
Oil on O2 sensor
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I’m trying to replace my sensor and notice there’s a bit of oil on it.
Heating up the manifold as so far it’s not budging.
Wondering where the oil could be coming from.
I can get a 1/2 socket on the end of the O2 sensor socket. But I don’t want to snap anything.
Valve cover gasket is already done. Will check for leaks, although I believe this oil problem preceded the new gasket.
The 1/2 breaker was the trick. Instead of trying to just loosen the sensor I worked it back and forth. Then it came out easy. Manifold was hot.
Now I need to find the tightening torque setting.
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I Think So. he should double check this, as far as i know there are 3 main reasons,
1. The gasket is aging (broken/poor quality)
2. The screw is not tightened properly
3. the lid is oval (no flat surface, often encountered if the car was be keep drive for a long time)
Someone actually read the posts.
And I’ve wiped the area clean so if there’s fresh leaks I should be able to find them.
I felt around the area of the valve cover gasket and my hand (glove) came away clean. I’ll continue to monitor.
No real need to torque then down... Make it snug.
Done. Runs good!
The heat shield above the exhaust manifold begs to differ.
That's what I cleaned off (I just didn't post a post-cleaning picture) and so far it seems to be staying clean. I'm hoping the new gasket did the trick.
I pulled the cover off and didn’t see anything obvious. I cleaned the gasket up and carefully reassembled. I’ll keep an eye on it.
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Dave your thread makes no sense.
Oil on O2 sensor
That's the title, Oil on the o2 sensors? Ok so what?
Were you needing suggestions on breaking free the seized, oil covered O2?
Is this a blog entry or a solicitation for help? - I'm asking because you're giving people flack for answering your original question
Thanks.
Oil on O2 sensor
That's the title, Oil on the o2 sensors? Ok so what?
The valve cover, the only place that can replicate a leak like that short of a rod going to the moon, even then it's a stretch it would get over and up on the heat shield.
Were you needing suggestions on breaking free the seized, oil covered O2?
Is this a blog entry or a solicitation for help? - I'm asking because you're giving people flack for answering your original question
Thanks.
The flack is for answering without bothering to see if it had been answered.
And yes, the thread got intermixed with an O2 sensor replacement in the middle.
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