Silky 33 1 Cars Posted May 15, 2008 Is the white sensor above the oil filter The black plastic ring round the nut of the sensor wont budge, stopping me from taking it off, any ideas ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,657 Posted May 15, 2008 crack the black plastic bit off and stick a spanner on it, its either 21 or 22mm, had the very same problem with the sender I removed from my ill S16 lump last week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silky 33 1 Cars Posted May 16, 2008 Perfect, I thought that would be the case but didn't want to damage it at all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim.Badger 15 Posted May 16, 2008 (edited) crack the black plastic bit off and stick a spanner on it, its either 21 or 22mm, had the very same problem with the sender I removed from my ill S16 lump last week. Actually its some sort of imperial size iirc, but metric spanners will work as it's not tight. The 8v version has a smaller nut iirc as I removed one and I don't have a spanner bigger than 19mm apart from my ring spanners The plastic nut should just push off backwards but if not then just break it as Welshpug says Edited May 16, 2008 by Grim.Badger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silky 33 1 Cars Posted May 16, 2008 It does push off backwards to a point, but then the block behind it is cone shaped so the plastic bit cant go up it, will snap it off to access the nut, cheers lads Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baz 421 Posted May 16, 2008 Either that, or very carefully with a hammer &screwdriver/chisel, knock it undone, they're not usually that tight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted May 16, 2008 discount for broken parts?.... joke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
