Prev: Mondeo front strut pinch bolt
Next: Mk4 Polo - Cooling fan not working
From: Sarah on 15 Jul 2008 12:28
OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor had gone
to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it says 17604
oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction" his freind said
its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm sure I have no animals
under my bonet, not that I check lol)

There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is simple a
case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring loom bit and
fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug back on ?

I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then try
and unscrew the thingy magig.

I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a new
one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff. He did my
front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So sure I'm he can
unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does this requite some
special tool other than a spanner ?

He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/

ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.


From: Mrcheerful on 15 Jul 2008 12:58
Sarah wrote:
> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor
> had gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it
> says 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction"
> his freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm
> sure I have no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>
> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is
> simple a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring
> loom bit and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug
> back on ?
> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then
> try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>
> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a
> new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff.
> He did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So
> sure I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does
> this requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>
> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>
> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.

there is a special socket for the job, without it he may find it difficult
to undo


From: Sarah on 15 Jul 2008 14:01

"Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:mH4fk.27320$E41.5799(a)text.news.virginmedia.com...
> Sarah wrote:
>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor
>> had gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it
>> says 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction"
>> his freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm
>> sure I have no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>>
>> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is
>> simple a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring
>> loom bit and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug
>> back on ?
>> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then
>> try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>
>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a
>> new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff.
>> He did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So
>> sure I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does
>> this requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>
>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>
>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>
> there is a special socket for the job, without it he may find it difficult
> to undo
>

he was just gonna use an adjustable spanner type tool like for his pedal
bike.

I might see if I can find it this tool on ebay for cheap.

By any chance do you know the size I need or all they all generic ?


From: Sarah on 15 Jul 2008 14:54

"Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:mH4fk.27320$E41.5799(a)text.news.virginmedia.com...
> Sarah wrote:
>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor
>> had gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it
>> says 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction"
>> his freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm
>> sure I have no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>>
>> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is
>> simple a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring
>> loom bit and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug
>> back on ?
>> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then
>> try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>
>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a
>> new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff.
>> He did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So
>> sure I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does
>> this requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>
>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>
>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>
> there is a special socket for the job, without it he may find it difficult
> to undo
>

Forgot to ask, is it ok to drive the car like this or will it damage
something ?


From: Chris Bartram on 15 Jul 2008 15:18
Sarah wrote:
> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:mH4fk.27320$E41.5799(a)text.news.virginmedia.com...
>> Sarah wrote:
>>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor
>>> had gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it
>>> says 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction"
>>> his freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm
>>> sure I have no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>>>
>>> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is
>>> simple a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring
>>> loom bit and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug
>>> back on ?
>>> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then
>>> try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>>
>>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a
>>> new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff.
>>> He did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So
>>> sure I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does
>>> this requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>>
>>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>>
>>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>> there is a special socket for the job, without it he may find it difficult
>> to undo
>>
>
> Forgot to ask, is it ok to drive the car like this or will it damage
> something ?
>
>
It won't do the cat any goos for a start.
 |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5
Prev: Mondeo front strut pinch bolt
Next: Mk4 Polo - Cooling fan not working