Date:         Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:49:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael David Korsak <mdk166@PSU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael David Korsak <mdk166@PSU.EDU>
Subject:      Cheap O2 sensor - 90 Westy
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Hey everybody,

I got the post from Tom Young concerning cheap O2 sensors.  So I went to
partsamerica.com
and looked up some prices.  Now I've got some questions.

I assume his $19.49 sensor ('81 van) cannot be used in my rig, so I
searched by my van make and
model ('90 Westy, 2.1L FI), and got Bosch part #13931, listed at
$149.99.

Then I went back and cross-referenced stuff with items from the Bus
Depot web page.  I searched
for fuel system components, and find Bosch #13913, listed at $39.95.
The comments say that this
one must have the connector spliced.  I search further on the Bus Depot
page, and find an O2
sensor with factory plug, Bosch part #13931, listed at $129.99 (the same
item I found at
partsamerica for my particular van model, only cheaper).

Back to partsamerica.com, I search part #13913 and get a Bosch 3-wire
Ford heated oxygen sensor
listed at $35.99.

I'd rather buy the cheaper bosch sensor for Fords (Bosch part #13913),
but does this one work the
same as the Bosch #13931?   How about connecting a single-wire sensor to
the existing
connection.  I know TBD says to splice the connector, but how would I do
this, and does it affect
how it works in my van?  TIA to anyone who can help me out.

Mike Korsak
'90 Westy - unnamed at this time