Re: Twenty Dollar OXS Sensor

[Andrei Talalaevskii <andrei@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>]

> 
> Someone mentioned in a post within the last two weeks that they had
> bought an oxygen sensor for $19.95. Where can I get one of those?
> Was it TPC by any chance?   -dq
>
I got it for about from IPS http://www.importpartsspec.com.  This was a 
price of a universal  Bosch one wire sensor that means:

1) you will have to cut the old one from the wire and attach the new one 
to your old wire. It is easy, the sensor comes with the connector and 
heat shrink tubing. So you do that with a crimping tool and any hair drier, 

2) this is an unheated sensor. It means that it doesn't actually work for 
the first couple of minutes after your engine starts. 

Same sensor with a precut wire of the length that fits particular vehicle
is more expensive. Many cars have a heated OEM sensor. I doubt that
heating makes any difference after exhaust manifold gets hot by itself. 

HTH,

Andrei