Hey John.

While many may be motivated by saving money, this recommendation is to 
improve reliability. If you're going to replace the O2 sensor, might as 
well go to a 4-wire. All the newer cars are doing it ;-)

HTH.

Eric Fournier
91 GL

On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 10:01  AM, Trvlr2001@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/27/03 10:55:43 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
> eric.fournier@ALAMEDANET.NET writes:
>
> On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 07:06� AM, Larry Alofs wrote:
>
> >Eric Fournier wrote:
> >>
> >>Hey Volks.
> >>
> >>Yup, black wire is the signal wire.
> >>
> >>At the risk of getting people's undies in a bunch, What I would do is
> >>get a 4 wire sensor. You can get a genuine Bosch from Kragen or
> >>whatever your local big chain is for about $60 - $70. Try Part #13275
> >>or 15704. Believe it or not, this are listings for a Chrysler and
> >>Dodge/Jeep. What the fourth wire gets you is a ground wire. So,
> >>instead
> >>of relying on the thing grounding through your exhaust system as the
> >>current one does, you can run the ground wire to a good grounding
> >>point.
> >>
> >This sounds reasonable.� Do you know of anyone who has successfully
> >used
> >a four wire sensor in a 3-wire system?
> >
> >Are those part numbers according to Bosch, Chrysler, or Kragen?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Larry A.
> >
>
>
> Hi Larry,
> I take it, that were doing this to save money,
> As the VW parts are high?
> Out of curiosity, what is the VW price?
> thanks,
> John C.
> SLC, UT