O2 sensor smoking

[meangreenLXi]

I recently patched a hole in the neck of my radiator with JB Weld. The radiator was spitting out fluid from the pressure. Now that I've got that patched, I still see little white puffs of smoke coming from under the hood every five or six stop lights. When i finally made it to my destination i can clearly see smoke coming off of the O2 sensor, I thought it was still some antifreeze burning off because of the temp in our area it's still damp in a spot or two in between the radiator and heat shield of the header. Could it be oil burning off the sensor, it doesn't look like anything wet jumped on it. :werd: :sadwave:

[A20A1]

hmm it could be leaking... throw some degreaser on there and wash it down.

[shepherd79]

i think you still have some radiator problems. go to junk yard and get user radiator, they are cheap and you won't have to worry about overheating on busy highway.

[4sillypwr]

If your o2 was leaking it would look and smell exactly like exhaust cuz it's exhaust. I would be more inclined to believe that you still had a rad leak. JB weld dosn't work all that well on rads.

[meangreenLXi]

First of all, thanx for the info. I went to three different places on friday to find out what this was. I took my car back to the place where I had the O2 sensor installed, he said it was a radiator problem still.

When I got there before anyone arrived. It was smoking again, I lifted the hood to inspect and I saw a fluid leak from the hose between the radiator and engine. It wasn't attached to the radiator at all. I pointed that out to the guy and he said yeah it's radiator not that hose i pointed out, he said that was the powr steering line, you got a radiator leak.

I get to a radiator shop and it's smoking and I have the guy look at my car while it's still smoking. He goes down and says it's probably a hole in the bottom of the radiator and he says his pressure tester or something like that is broken and he sends me to another radiator shop down the road.

I get there and I have another radiator guy look at my car and he's like it's not your radiator, he goes under the car and yells up, this is oil. I point out to him the power steering hose and he's like yeah that's it, that's where you leak is at.

The hose for the powersteering is around$330 or $350. Is this the deal? Does anyone know if an older one would work out okay?

I believe the reason my old one got a leak was because I added the Konig's 17"s. My car has leaked for about a month to a month and a half after I but them on this year. I thought it was an oil leak from the engine oil. I'm sure all the parts on my car are original except I know the belts have been changed and I had the alt changed. So the addition of the bigger wheels could have caused excessive pressure on the hose and forced a hole.

[meangreenLXi]

if anyone knows where I can get this hose cheaper lemme know, i'm gonna check napa and the auto parts places but if you know somewhere online where it's cheaper. I heard DB master saying he got his for $26 from napa five years ago, has anyone done it lately. I checked napa online and they have one for $30 for our cars but it's some different type, not the lxi, it's some other kind I wonder if this is the same one? http://www.napaonline.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/NAPAonline/search_results_jt.d2w/report?pcc_ids=2713&acc_pcc_ids=&ENG=24%7C2.0+L++1955+CC++L4&search_string=&org_string=&considered_txt=PC

[meangreenLXi]

I got the hose at autozone for $75, I bought it on impulse. I saw it at pepboys for same price and a better quality one for $134, I figured autozone has it now in stock, it's $225 cheaper than I thought it would be, it has a lifetime warranty, what the hey, I took it. My mechanic is going to put it in for me for $20 and a bottle of his favorite booze. Can't beat that with a baseball bat.