O2 Sensor Question

[nightmare16v1988 at hotmail.com (Krazy Horse)]

They are broken a few threads into the head. Since it is an 8v, there is so 
much crap in the way. My Golf just passed the 120K mark today, so I have a 
few things to do for prevenitive maintainance. I have tried just about 
everything to get those bolts out. Everything is just in the way and and 
even worse angles. I swear, I will never buy another Mexico produced VW. 
This Golf is a total lemon!

Other than an angled bit, what other ways could I try to get these studs 
out?

-Craig
"Nightmare" '88 16v (PG-T Proj.)
"Calypso" '91 Golf GL (Daily Driver)




>From: "peter" <peter@thescirocco.com>
>To: "'Krazy Horse'" 
><nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: O2 Sensor Question
>Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:53:33 -0500
>
>You don't have to pull the head to replace the broken exhaust studs.
>
>Are they broken flush with the manifold, or the head.
>
>If you have anything sticking out, weld a nut to it, I use an arc welder
>and make sure it's nice and hot. After allowing it to cool off, you can
>usually turn right it out... This also works with broken 16V DP studs.
>
>If it's broken flush with the head, I'd buy an angle drill, like a
>Milwaukee Holehawg, and install 2 M8 helicoils.
>
>If you still have a single DP, this is the ideal time to upgrade to a
>dual DP.
>
>  Peter
>302.832.8989
>http://thescirocco.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Krazy Horse
>Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:27 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: O2 Sensor Question
>
>
>I have two broken exhaust studs on the #1 cylnder. There is a obvious
>exhaust leak and my Golf is starting to run worse and worse. I have
>traced
>(I'm pretty sure) the problem to the O2 sensor getting a faulty reading
>from
>the leak and it is throwing off the A/F mix. I know it's a bad idea to
>unplug the sensor, however, since I will have to pull the head to fix
>the
>problem, will it be okay to unplug the damn thing, or will that make my
>problems worse?
>
>-Craig
>"Nightmare" '88 16v (PG-T Proj.)
>"Calypso" '91 Golf GL (Daily Driver)
>
>

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