MoNkEy MaGiC
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Registered: 12th Apr 03
Location: West - London Drives: Corsa GSi
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i was changing my lambda sensor but have damaged thread in the manifold!! so it wont screw in at all! any advice or tips would be great guys?
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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you means its cross threaded?if so run a tap down it .i dont no if they can be fixed with a helicoil. apart from that its a new manifold
[Edited on 08-08-2006 by sri power]
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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how much would a helicoil cost? if possilble? how much roughly for a 2nd hand manifold? (just the top part is needed) is their any thing else at all i can try?
[Edited on 09-08-2006 by MoNkEy MaGiC]
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Reaper
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Registered: 24th Jul 06
Location: Launceston, Cornwall
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Get it Tapped mate if you dont have one im sure a garage will. I had that done for my lambda sensor.
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mitch2
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Registered: 14th Nov 05
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you could always grind the bolt off the manifold and weld a new bolt on. Use a tap and die set on the lambda sensor.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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everythings fine now guys, cheer  
turns out the thread on the non-GM lambda sensor was worn out which is why it kept spinning and not screw in, so i just put the old original sensor back in!!
lesson learnt- dont work on car in the dark and use GM/reccommended vaux parts lol 
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