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Old 07-13-2012, 09:38 AM
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so I'm installing my test for today and I'm wondering if this will O2 sensor spacer will work

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Old 07-13-2012, 09:42 AM
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Also I heard that once it's on you smell straight fumes on the cabin
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 10:17 AM
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threads look different. fine vs coarse. whatever the case you could probably crank it in there
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 10:24 AM
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The exhaust will smell a tad more because you're removing the cat, but it's not going to stink up the cabin. The O2 sensor spacer I have is about twice as long as that one and it works very well. They can be had from RAI, 034, and eBay
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 10:39 AM
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I put a test pipe on a few days ago (to attempt to diagnose a clogged high-flow cat) and this morning with the driver window halfway down I definitely smelled exhaust when stopped at a light. But then again, my car creates more exhaust than yours does most likely, due to upgraded turbo and fueling.
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 11:11 AM
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metal man is the smell unbearable and is the o 2 sensor spacer too small? BTW it fits perfectly. I just don't want it to be a gas chamber inside you know its an audi
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 11:14 AM
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Make sure you use anti-seize between the spacer and the bung and the sensor and the spacer.
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 12:41 PM
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OK thnx cca. Someone told me that the hole is too small in the spacer for it to work
 
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Old 07-13-2012, 02:15 PM
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Just to be clear, you're planning to put that spacer at the downpipe-end of the test pipe, not the turbo-end of the test pipe, right?

You can always try it out, won't hurt anything. The worst that will happen is you'll get a CEL light for the post-cat O2 sensor.
 
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Old 07-14-2012, 08:53 PM
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Test pipe is in the hard part was the bottom side as for the spacer it went perfect just had to drill a bigger hole in the spacer and no CEL
 
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