Left Front Heated Oxygen Sensor before Catalytic Converter
Left Front Heated Oxygen Sensor before Catalytic Converter
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Ring spanner 7-piece set (3337)
Removing
• All cable ties which are opened or cut open when removing, must be replaced in the same position when installing.
- Activate vehicle lifting mode.
- Remove left front wheel.
• Secure the brake disc with wheel bolts.
- Remove front part of left front wheelhouse liner.
- Pull off both air duct hoses - arrows - at bottom of left air filter housing by pressing release buttons.
- Separate electrical connector - 3 - for Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor 2 (-G246-).
- Disconnect hose - 2 - from air duct hose.
- Disconnect air duct hose - 1 - at intake manifold.
- Remove bolts - arrows -.
- Remove upper part of left air filter housing.
- Remove air duct - 1 -.
- Remove bolts - arrows -.
- Remove lower part of left air filter housing.
- Separate electrical connector - 1 - for Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) 3 (-G285-).
• Disregard the other items in the illustration.
- Expose electrical wiring to oxygen sensor.
- Remove Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) 3 (-G285-) - arrow 1 - using ring spanner set (3337).
Installing
Perform installation in the reverse order of removal, noting the following:
• New oxygen sensors are coated with assembly paste; the paste must not get into slots on the oxygen sensor body.
• When re-installing a used oxygen sensor, coat the threads with hot bolt paste. This paste must not come into contact with the slots on the oxygen sensor body.
• During installation, all cable ties must be re-installed at the same location.
• Wires of oxygen sensors must always be secured in the same position when installing so that contact with the exhaust pipe is avoided.
- Install front part of left front wheelhouse liner.
- Deactivate vehicle lifting mode.
Tightening Specifications