Saturday, March 1, 2008

CHECK ENGINE- Oxygen Sensor

The Check Engine lamp is on pretty much full-time now.  It makes me crazy.

I checked eeuroparts.com, and the OEM sensor is $140. Then I checked saabpartspeople.com, and they wanted $240. Then I checked my local auto parts store, who had a sensor for $66. I bought that one.

So today I went out to remove the sensor. I can’t get it out. I even jacked up the car and took off the wheel so I could get under the car to get better grip on the wrench. No dice. The nice folks on saabcentral say the exhaust should be hot which will release some of the tension on the fitting. But I’m afraid I’d burn myself that way.  I’m sure I’ll figure it out somehow but it is pretty frustrating nonetheless

Posted by KR at 05:34:03 | Permalink | Comments (1) »