stripped O2 sensor on my jeep.

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stripped O2 sensor on my jeep.

By hatchin06
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:43 pm #100342 I also have an 99 jeep grand cherokee laredo and I was out there doing a normal check up and noticed I had oil on my o2 sensor. Long story short the 02 sensor is stripped. How would I go about getting this off?
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By hondajunkee
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:45 pm #100345 try a monkey wrench
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By hatchin06
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:06 am #100348 I have tried it but it just keeps slipping.
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By hondajunkee
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:17 am #100359 vice grips?
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By hatchin06
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:20 am #100360 dude ive tried everything except spraying some pb on it. Anything I seem to use will not take hold of it, it just keeps sliding off. gay. someone knows what to do so chime in.
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By teal_dx
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:24 am #100363 heating up the exhaust can help sometimes, but I've never had to try it after it was already stripped.

are you trying not to destroy the O2?

Could you file the edges down to make them square again and use the next smallest size wrench?
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By hatchin06
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:26 am #100365 lol nah i got the replacement. I guess i could file it down? should i just leave it running till its hot and then try?
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By hatchin06
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:32 am #100373 ya i don't have one of those or i would lol.
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By hondajunkee
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:36 am #100375
hatchin06 wrote:lol nah i got the replacement. I guess i could file it down? should i just leave it running till its hot and then try?


teal you beat me to the punch while i was drawing a picture in paint to describe grinding two sides stright to use a wrench :lol:
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