OXS for Audi S4

[HaleyD@YANKELOVICH.COM (Haley, Doug)]

Well, my S4 was running crummy, especially when cold.  I checked
all the intake hoses, electrical connectors (as usual, some of those
really needed cleaning up), but nothing worked.  Took it to my
mechanic (and Dans) and he found that the oxygen sensor was
burned out (only 73,000 miles).

Naturally the S4 uses a unique part.  ("Turn around, bend over, here
it comes....") $150 for the sensor!  It looks a lot longer than the usual
Bosch 3-wire ones I've seen.

Why don't engineers use standard parts when designing this stuff?
Why do they have the chutspah to assume that *their* solution is
so unique that it demands unique parts?  Aaargh!
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Doug Haley (haleyd@yankelovich.com)
"There is no fundamental difference between a sufficiently advanced
technology and magic" (A.C.Clarke)
'92 S4 (now pulling like a freight train!)
'95 Saab Turbo Conv (Mom's)
'91 Sentra SE-R (Daughters: Bondurant grad!)
'94 Miata (summer fun)
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