Urgent Help Please!!

Snotty · #1 08-02-2006, 10:23 PM

I feel soooo bloody dumb!

ive snapped the head off of my coolant sensor!
As i dont have a tourque wrench i was watching as i screwed it in with a ratchet. i saw it was about 2mm from being flush so i though about half a tur and she'll be sweet,

then Snap!!!!!

its still sealing the cooland in but i cant get it out!!!

PLEASE HELP!!!

muffman001 · #2 08-02-2006, 10:39 PM

were is it located can you get a drill in there ?
if so you can bye a drill bit witch drills in to the part then you chuck the drill in reverce and the drill bit catches on the peace you are trying to get out and unscrews it
i know because when i was a kid i snaped the pedal off the crank of my push bike and dad baught one of those tools and he got it out instanty
if you can get a drill in there ill ask the old man what thay are called let me know

Snotty · #3 08-02-2006, 10:49 PM

thanks, the inside is hollow, so i dont know if it would still work.

anyone else? looks like im off to the mechanic, with no fan

SPack · #4 09-02-2006, 08:43 AM

Just take it to the mech, much worse if you stuff up the removal and root the thread that the sensor screws into. If the mech does, it's up to him to make it right again.....

Garth · #5 09-02-2006, 10:44 AM

you drill a small hole in the center of the peice that is broken and snaped off
then you get some things called eazy outs, they will go in backwards, efectivly unscrewing the broken peice. wonderfull tool

cheers
garth

muffman001 · #6 09-02-2006, 01:56 PM

yeah it would work u just need to get the right sise drill bit

the one garth is talking about is the same i would say you would have a 90% chance of getting it out but its up 2 u cya

Stewart1000 · #7 09-02-2006, 06:48 PM

might want to take it to a pro if your not too confident cos if you stuff it up itll be a big job to fix it

Harvs82 · #8 09-02-2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Snotty

thanks, the inside is hollow, so i dont know if it would still work.

anyone else? looks like im off to the mechanic, with no fan

You should be right to drive with the sensor disconnected. From memory the ECU will run the cooling fan for 30 seconds when you start up, on low speed, and then switch automatically to high speed, where it stays on continously until you shut the engine off. It's kind of a fail safe mechanism, and I remember reading in gregory's that its how you test the fan.

Snotty · #9 09-02-2006, 08:09 PM

thanks guys,
the mechanic put me ont a guy who specilizes in this stuff. quick and easy, about a 20 miunte job.

thanks for all your help. Glad i let the pro's do it, caust i didnt want to need to rethread my engine block!