Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 19:14:53 -0700
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Oxygen Sensor
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Regardless of which 1 You buy I would Highly Recommend that You Attach a Ground Wire to the Body of it
with a Hose Clamp & attach the other end to Van Frame or Body Close By ~ These Rely on the Exhaust System
for Their Ground & Due to Age of all those Old Nasty Connections that make up that Path that Ground Might be
Quite Iffy ~
ORR ~ DeanB
On 25 Dec , 2017, at 6:13 PM, Steven Shelton wrote:
> Bus Depot says theirs is a Bosch (http://www.busdepot.com/025906265a).
> Ken's listing doesn't give a brand (
> https://www.vanagain.com/shop/1-9L-oxygen-sensor/).
>
> I did find where I had the oxygen sensor replaced - 19 years ago. The
> catalytic converter was also replaced then. The mileage was about 150,000;
> that was 137,000 miles ago. I wonder if it's time to replace the catalytic
> converter too?
>
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> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 6:43 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Steven
>>
>> RockAuto is showing a Walker & an NTK & an ACDelco ~ So there are
>> some still around ~
>>
>> http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/volkswagen,1984,
>> vanagon,1.9l+h4,1286401,exhaust+&+emission,oxygen+(o2)+sensor,5132
>>
>>
>> ORR ~ DeanB
>>
>> On 25 Dec , 2017, at 2:12 PM, Steven Shelton wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I can tell, the oxygen sensor for my 1.9 liter has never been
>>> replaced. I guess it's about time to replace; maybe it will help with my
>>> rough cold idle and fluctuating warm idle problem.
>>>
>>> Van Cafe and GoWesty sell an oxygen sensor that has to be spliced to the
>>> old wire, saying Bosch quit making the sensor with the connector. For
>> about
>>> twice the price, Van-Again and Bus Depot have a Bosch oxygen sensor with
>>> the connector. Has Bosch started making the sensors with connectors again
>>> and GoWesty and Van Cafe don't know about it?
>>>
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