Did a buncha stuff today

[Sjackson2]

Ok so I decided to tackle both front o2 sensors today as well as doing the loctite on the powervalves and replacing the etc sensor. 

Edited February 25, 2019 by Sjackson2

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upper plenum removed 

Edited February 25, 2019 by Sjackson2

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Lower plenum off 

Edited February 25, 2019 by Sjackson2

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I drew a crappy pic of the plenum on some cardboard and pushed all the bolts into it in their corresponding places o I could put them back where hey go later as they are different lengths 

[Sjackson2]

drivers side o2 sensor replaced. Came out super easy. Took almost no force to remove it 

[Sjackson2]

passenger side done. Holy hell this was a pain in the ass!! It took me over an hour to figure out how to get this thing out and I destroyed this flex extension trying to do It

[Sjackson2]

here’s what I ended up having to do to replace it. When I had the swivel in the middle of the two extensions it was too long and hit the ac line and I couldn’t get it over the sensor. When I put the swivel on the socket itself....it swiveled too much and dropped so I couldn’t get it over the sensor. I ended up wrapping it with several wraps of electrical tape to remove some of the flopiness, but still allow it to flex enough that I could get it over the sensor. It was a huge pain in my ass and my hand is shredded but I got it done!!!

 

The etc sensor was a pain to reach and getting the harness off kind Of sucked, but once it was off I removed the sensor with a 19mm deep socket and it was good to go 

[Sjackson2]

power valves all loctite’d and ready to go 

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and I finished the whole thing off with a lovely whiskey sour. I’ll put everything back together tomorrow 

[Bax03SE]

Nice work! How were the power valve screws before you took them out? Did anything seem loose?

[Sjackson2]

1 hour ago, Bax03SE said:

Nice work! How were the power valve screws before you took them out? Did anything seem loose?

No none of them were loose. They didn’t take a ton of torque to remove...but they were in there snug. I do like the extra feeling of security from having them done though 

[Bax03SE]

The power valves are still a job that I need to tackle on mine. I agree that if anything it’s worth the piece of mind. 

[Sjackson2]

its really not a bad job. if i werent doing all the other stuff the power valves themselves would have taken me less than an hour 

[RainGoat]

The power valves are still a job that I need to tackle on mine. I agree that if anything it’s worth the piece of mind. 

Mine lived an easy life & then at 106K, while on our way to get a Christmas tree - Game Over. 5 screws missing. Ultimately had to replace the engine. Do it now before you’re immensely sad!