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BEFORE YOU START
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DISCLAIMER:
Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried out by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.
Our pictorials are of informative nature and do illustrate works carried out by ourselves at our own premises for our own use and satisfaction.
Readers who envisage to carry out similar works inspired by the below method shall do this at their own risks and liability.
The below works concerned a Peugeot 5008 equipped with a turbo-charged PSA BMW EP6 engine.
Same or similar engine and turbos can be found on Peugeot 207, 208, 308, 508, 3008, 5008 and Citroen C4, C4 Sedan, DS3, DS4, DS5 also the Mini Cooper S. The works remain similar or identical on any oxygen sensor of any car.
Same or similar engine and turbos can be found on Peugeot 207, 208, 308, 508, 3008, 5008 and Citroen C4, C4 Sedan, DS3, DS4, DS5 also the Mini Cooper S. The works remain similar or identical on any oxygen sensor of any car.
Symptoms of an ageing oxygen sensor
Typical average lifetime of an O2 sensor is 80,000-120,000 Km
This is an average, below symptoms can happen earlier:
This is an average, below symptoms can happen earlier:
- Difficult engine start when cold
- Long cranking time
- Rough idle at all times
- Hesitation when accelerating from idle
- Slight loss of power
- Increase in fuel consumption
Air fuel (A/F) or oxygen (O2) sensor removal pictorial
4- A specific 22mm socket with side cut out exists (see below). You can use a spanner instead. Hold it in one hand and give it a firm hit with the other hand. It will then unscrew very easily.
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5- Remove the sensor and fit the new one.
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6- The problem with the spanner is that you don't know to which torque your are forcing. If the spanner is not bigger than usual, then go ahead and tighten to the max with your bare hands.
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Buy your upstream lambda sensor from our partners' stores (See further below for France and EU):
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Tool for air fuel (A/F) and oxygen (O2) sensor removal and refitting:
The specific O2 sensor 22 socket:
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See also...
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