all data FTW

 

not in the loop for this event......

 

Awesome!! Thanks for the link Jeff

 

Special tools are great, but you will be throwing the old one out anyway, so I don't see why not just cut the end of it off and use a regular socket. Save some money.

 

Guess it depends on the car.....I've seen some installations that only allow a socket....

 

In my case the tool is cheaper than buying a grinder and a cut off wheel since i dont own one already..

 

How so?

 

Just make sure you get the air/fuel mixture right. You don't wanna end up like this guy:

 

I seem to remember working on a ealry 90s civic and there was now way to get a wrench (open ended or adjustable) on the thing, the manifold was in the way.
I'm talking about the upstream O2, not the down stream which is usually easy to get to .

 

Was it in like an indentation or something with metal surrounding it kind of like a pit? I think I have seen something like that too.