Dave,

Our 1.9s have the Oxy Sensor in the pipe just ahead of the cat.  The 2.1s
have it in the cat.  I don't know if Stan ever managed to install an Oxy
Sensor in that cat that was giving him problems.

As Matthew suggested, it might be easier to replace the piece the sensor is
installed in than to continue messing with getting the old one out.  For the
price of a few gaskets, a new pipe and a few nuts and bolts you can get the
job done very quickly.  Ron has the pipe (which doesn't come with the cat)
in his inventry of stuff along with all the gaskets you'll need.  Put a
little copper based anti-sieze on the threads of the new sensor and it'll be
a lot easier to remove on down the road.

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'

on 12/24/02 11:00 PM, Automatic digest processor at
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:17:37 -0600
> From:    Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
> Subject: Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
>
> Not sure I follow you, Ron.  The oxygen sensor on my 1.9 L is between the
> cat and the exhaust collector flange.  Are you saying this piece of pipe
> comes with the cat?  I should go crawl under the van and take a peak, but
> it's 25 degrees and dark outside.
>
> MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.
>
> Dave in KC
> 85 Westy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
>
>
>>> I just had a thought!!  At $X/hour (however you value
>>> your time), how many hours does one what to fiddle with
>>> this before one buys a new Cat!!!!
>>
>>
>> A new CAT's $95 from me, so you decide...  Besides saving you all of that
>> time, and the expense of tools, etc. to extract the sensor, you get a new
>> CAT in the process. Of course, hindsight is, as they say, 20/20. :-)
>>
>> - Ron Salmon
>> The Bus Depot, Inc.
>> (215) 234-VWVW
>> www.busdepot.com
>>