Hello, my Ford dealer has broken their threads when screwing out the Lambda probe. Since I don’t want to spend 200 EUR on the original spare part, I’m looking for alternatives. I find many alternatives that are called compatible, but they lack a kind of mudguard that can be seen on the attached image. Can anyone tell me if you can remove this protective seal from the probe and connect it to the new probe? The Ford dealer m but I’m not sure if that’s true. Can anyone tell me if universal probes can be easily used for pre- and post-cat? I just bought this now because it was in the compatibility list:http://www.ebay.de/itm/290866681417?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 Vehicle is a Ford Fiesta 2009 1.6 TI-VCT