At 01:08 PM 7/15/2004, Shawn Luft wrote:

>Hi
>
>Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced 3-wire O2 sensor available in
>Canada ?
>
>Ideally somewhere like Canadian Tire, CarQuest, or NAPA would be good...
>and a part number helps a lot !!
>
>I will do my own splicing.
>
>Thanks,
>Shawn.
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Shawn,
If you go to a wrecking yard and get the O2 connector from a Ford,
you can use a Ford 3 wire (or 4 wire) sensor, It''s a Bosch sensor,
but has a different connector than the vanagon sensor and its WAY
cheaper and works great.  Here's a copy of a post I made last year.
It's got some part #'s and such.....
Steve

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>Well, it was time for a new O2 sensor.
>Mine was acting sluggish and it turns out
>that the heater was no good (open).
>
>Since the OEM one is rather expensive
>I figured I'd go with one of the "universal"
>replacements with no plug (and some crimp
>connectors).
>I really don't like to use crimp connectors
>on such critical (and low voltage) stuff, so
>I shopped around a bit and realized that I can
>get a 3-wire Bosch sensor for a Ford Mustang
>GT (V8) for the same price as the universal sensor
>(about $42). A 4-wire sensor for the Mustang LX
>with 2.3L 4 cylinder is about $46. Cool....
>
>I bought the 4-wire one for Mustang LX.
>(Bosch 15716)
>
>So, off to Pick'n'Pull I went, and snipped a 4-wire
>O2 plug from a donor Ford and took it home and
>grafted the plug onto my wiring harness and added
>a signal ground wire from the plug to the block.
>
>Now when I change my sensor next time I won't
>have to buy an expensive one or fiddle with splicing
>wires. I can just buy an inexpensive 4-wire sensor
>for Ford 2.3L (very common) and plug it right into
>my harness with no hassle.
>
>P/N for the Bosch 4-wire sensor is 15716 and
>it fits '91 Mustang LX with 2.3L engine, (as well as
>many other Ford cars and trucks)
>
>P/N for the 3-wire sensor is 13942 and fits
>'91 Mustang GT (5.0L V8) and many others.
>
>Make sure you get the right connector at the
>wrecking yard.
>All the Fords with 3-wire O2 use one style plug
>and ones with 4-wire use a slightly different style.
>They look very nearly the same, but are *not*
>interchangeable.
>The 3-wire plugs are black and the 4-wire are white.
>(at least the ones I saw)
>
>Get enough harness wire with the plug to extend
>the VW harness about a foot to make up for the
>fact that the O2 sensor itself has shorter wires
>than the OEM VW sensor.
>I soldered and heat shrunk all the connections.

Steve
'86 Westy "Escape Pod"  (EJ22)
'84 Westy "Yard Furniture" (Blown WBX)
'73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" (just bought it)