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"Art has it right--if it's leaking past the threads, it HAS to be pretty loose in there. "
I would agree, and I sure hope it does. Drove it 1.5 miles or so to our shop, and it seemed to loose quite a bit of oil. I was very easy on it, and tried to keep oil pressure from rising due to increasing engine speed.
"I see what's happening. The sender ripped off at the top part while the bottom kept threading happily down. Since it's well lubed (is this a good thing?) it HAS to be pretty easy to get out... "
You nailed it from what I can tell. all the guts of the sender are gone,
it is just the threaded section in there. I would imagine it would be pretty easy to get out.
"Could you drill through the firewall from the inside? I'm trying to figure out where it sits in relation to the heater box. If it's above the heater box, you could probably drill through the firewall to get that stupid thing out, then put a grommet/plug in it's place. I mean, it would be a hell of a lot easier than yanking out the head or the engine. And risking breaking more stuff in the process. "
I had thought about that also. Hopefully if that is required there is easy access to where I need to go through the firewall. Agreed on not risking breaking something else in process of taking the head off. Heck, I removed and replaced the vacuum lines and intake manifold gasket and LOST 2" of vacuum. How that happens I have no cluse, especially since it idles much better too. strange.
"If you can make a little dimple for reference in the firewall, and can see that dimple from outside (or inside depending on which side you make the mark) then you can figure out if that could work. You could do most of that from either under the hood or through that center "speaker" grill at the top of the dash. "
good thoughts there!
"But that involves making a hole in the firewall. Which is a little bit of a negative. The positive is it avoids tearing apart your new engine. "
agreed on those positives and negatives. Could always spot weld that hole too or something later on. I plan on keeping this car for long time, slowly working the bugs out of it, while hopefully avoiding making my own bugs on it in the future!
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One of my current thoughts is, take one of the ez outs that I specifically bought for this, heat it with a propane torch that I bought and bend part of it 90 degrees to form a screw extractor that would fit this purpose. If this actually happpens, I will see tomorrow!
Many options will be tried tomorrow!
thank you much everyone!
take care
Luke
82 242Ti 169k miles
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