Interesting. Not to side track, but on my engine swap, I used an exhaust
manifold with an O2 bung. Image:
http://tinyurl.com/cluzaqr
Maybe car makers decided this was a better idea, all told?

Anyhow.....

Neil.

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Actually since our exhausts are so thin the sensors have difficulty
> staying hot enough to work. Add rain, snow, or highway speed and things get
> worse. The heater is needed and on the 1.9s I often upgrade them to heated
> sensors.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 3:20 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
>
> Heating is purely an emissions enhancement for cold running.  Sensor is
> useless until it heats up, which doesn’t take long in our short exhausts.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Don Hanson
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 12:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
>
> Well, here's another question, and thanks.    Is there any problem
> installing an unheated one in my particular application with a heated
> harness, but the existing 4 wire plug is.....awful...the wires are cracked
> where they enter into the plug body and brittle for the whole way until
> they enter into the shielding.   It will be difficult to 'splice' anything
> onto that plug....it would be easier and more certain of the connections
> to simply cut the plug off and start over....I rarely use my van in short
> drive situations...so having the O2 sensor heating itself quickly is not a
> big deal....
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:31 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >                 Don
> >
> >         Check out TheseGuys if you can wait a few days to get it ~
> >
> > <
> > https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1286591,parttype,5132,a,Sea
> > rch%20for%202001%20CHEVROLET,EPIsubcategory[1015],Oxygen%2BSensor,part
> > Group,19
> > >
> >
> >         This is the 1 I used to use on my 90Westy when it was
> > H2OBxr+Digifant ~
> >
> > < https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=279808&cc=1286580 >
> >
> >         The BusDepot Deal is certainly a good 1 if you don't mind
> > Splicing ~ & it does help support OurBuddys ~
> >
> >
> >                               ORR ~ DeanB
> >
> >
> > On 25 Jul , 2014, at 10:55 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
> >
> > >  I am replacing what's almost surely a failing O2 sensor in my
> > > inline VW motored van and I wanted to see what the List take is on O2
> sensors.
> > > There is a pretty wild difference in cost.   But they seem to be simple
> > > things and every car has a few now a days, not many of them seem to
> > > fail too often...
> > >  Is it worthwhile spending nearly a hundred bucks for a Bosch to put
> > > into my van, or can I use a generic autoparts store brand and expect
> > > to get a few years of service from that and much less cost?
> > >
> > >  What say ye? and thanks
> > >  Don Hanson
> >
> >
>

-- 
Neil n

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