pirate252

I had my O2 sensor go out and i tryed to remove it, with no luck, i need somthing stronger, cuz its stuck...

So i twisted the wires back togehter (cuz i cut them to get a socket around it) and now after a few minutes of driving my CEL comes on, im sure its from the o2 lol...

So i dont know if this is hurting my engine driving it around like this...cuz its my daily driver, and i need to drive it around, it idles just fine and cane tell any power difference....

Am i hurting my motor?

Thanks

pirate252

Also any tips on getting it out, im thinking i may go up from the bootom by taking the I-beam out (its a 1991 RS, just to let u know)

g2tegls

Nah it's ok to drive without it but it may be polluting the air a little. I would just take it to a tire shop and have them take it out and then put the new one in yourself. They should be able to get it out in less than 15 minutes with air tools and whatnot.

pirate252

Well i took it in and had them do it, after another afternoon of trying i caved and took to in to get it done, cost me 55 bucks

O well runs better than ever now, i think it was busted before it completly went out...

ls_101

heat it with a torch then hit it with an impact

racerteg90

when i went to get my car smog it made it not pass, just lettin you know.

AP2

You can still run your car without the o2, however you will burn more fuel due to the failsafe rich condition the ecu gets thrown into when it doesn't recieve input from the o2 sensor.

pirate252

What happens when it reveiced bad input from the O2...i was reading off mine with a voltometer, and it would go from .1-.9 randomly even at idle, all the way up and down the scale, and somtimes stick at super rich or super lean...