Yes, GoWesty would have us buy OEM O2 sensors with the money we save by following their recomendation to run passenger car tires..   <BSG>

Todd
'88 Westy

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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
> I have run both Walker and Bosch Generic O2 Sensors for years on various
> vehicles I've owned without any problems to speak of.  I currently run Bosch
> Generics on both my Vanagons.  While GoWesty has some fairly informative
> articles, I don't happen to agree with their opinion on this because of my
> experience with my generic sensors.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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> On 4/2/07, Dustin Jones <jonesboy21@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So are the generic O2 sensors several list vendors sell (I bought mine
> > from
> > Bus Depot) legit or not? I've read on GoWesty that the generics do not
> > work
> > well or at all on the Vanagons and another list member told me he didn't
> > have good luck with his generic either. I had a a generic Bosch installed
> > on
> > my van about 2-3 weeks ago and it really hasn't been running that good
> > since. I'm wondering if I wasted money by trying to save money and will
> > end
> > up paying more in the long run when I buy the real deal. Any thoughts?
> >
> > http://djonesy21.blogspot.com