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PLEASE , brand new IAT Sensor threads broken off in intake manifold.

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Old Apr 19, 2023 | 07:35 PM
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Default PLEASE , brand new IAT Sensor threads broken off in intake manifold.

Tell me how I can get the threads removed from the intake air temperature sensor it's brand new by the way. Out of the intake manifold
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Old Apr 19, 2023 | 08:44 PM
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post a pic that shows what it looks like with the threads broken off, and i can suggest a few methods

If there is enough thread near the surface, the best way is to try and rotate it out with ***** punches or similar

Drilling through would be undesirable due to debris in manifold

welding is the other option


If i understand your question correctly
If the female threads of the manifold are stripped, that is a different question

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Looks like just the shell of the sensor is stuck in the hole? You sure nothing fell inside? An ez-out might work. Possibly a thin punch to push it into the middle where you can gran it with pliers.
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Old Apr 20, 2023 | 09:37 AM
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here's 1 pic
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Here's the sensor
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Old Apr 20, 2023 | 10:38 AM
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Worst case is you'll need to pull the manifold off to make sure you remove any chips or other debris. You can try an easy out (as Lawsoncl suggests) but I think the walls are too thin and the easyout would simply bind even tighter. Remember, the sensor is a tapered thread so it's really jammed in there.

You said it's a new sensor. Did you snap it by overtightening? Just trying to understand if it broke on the way in or out.
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Old Apr 20, 2023 | 02:36 PM
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Yes cuz it Stalled on me a week and a half ago and I could get it started after getting a new starter put on even the starter was bad I had that tested later on.
Besides that, after getting it fired up I went straight to AutoZone to run the codes it came up with that IAT sensor was the only reason why.
So I installed it there in the parking lot and it ran great for 3 days and then randomly it died or not died.. stalled. And then it wouldn't fire back up the next..
After a few minutes it fired up magically and I went straight to AutoZone again to have him run the code and it came up with the same code So I thought maybe possibly it needed to be tight time more so I had the AutoZone guy came out and he's like yeah it looks like it could be tightened down, so we did and then I went straight home and parked it. A day and a half later I went to go drive it and after driving maybe 25 minutes it stalled again in a heavy traffic area so I grabbed my crescent wrench from the truck and I still had some more tightening it could take cuz I was afraid of snapping it off as well. So when I got home I said The hell with it I'll just throw a wrench on there and tighten it down so I got about 6 to 8 1/2 turns and then that's when it snapped

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A pipe nipple wrench might do the trick, assuming it fits in the hole.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-In...0140/304217608
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Old Apr 21, 2023 | 11:43 PM
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I would apply some heat in any case, then;

1) 2 people working together, 2 ***** punches, rotate it out, if that fails;

2) more heat and an easy out, there is different sorts of easyout;

3) braze a close fitting bolt in and wind it out;

If none of those work, you will have to take the manifold off, and work at it on the bench, if you screw that up, either helicoil or used inlet mani
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Hit it with an easy out. Soak it with penetrating oil first. Dissimilar metals dont usualy seize together. Your stalling problem is like a crank sensor or an auto shutdown relay issue. Both are easy fixes. A bad IAT sensor will make it run lean or rich but typically will not cause a stall.

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You may have to chase the threads after. Depending on how that goes you may nee to pull the manifold to clean out debris.

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