02 Sensor Flange Adaptor

Joshy

Joshy

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Right, I'm going absoultely nuts trying to find this.

I'm TRYING to replace the O2 sensor on my Toyota Soarer (My wallet suspects it may be running a TAD rich :p) so I've ordered a universal sensor off of the internet.

Problem is it seems that many/most/all Toyotas/Japanese cars have a Flanged end on the sensor, whilst my universal sensor has the more common 22mm 'Nut' and thread arrangement. "No Problem" I thought, "all I need is a simple adaptor and there are plenty of them available on the internet, lets try some Motorfactors (I need it ideally sorting for tomorrow)".

Every single place I've visited has looked at me like I'm some sort of mad man asking for a night of passionate relations with their wife. Seriously, it it has been flat out impossible to find what I would have thought would be a fairly common part.

I've even tried asking for another sensor, but parts people being, well, parts people, they flat out refuse to order anything if the book doesn't agree, and according to their book my car doesn't exist :mad:

Am I explaining it right? I've been going around asking for a "O2 Sensor Flange adaptor" - I thought that would be fairly self explanatory?

Any ideas where I can pick something like this up tomorrow? Any recommendations for a Motor Factors in South London who aren't completely and utterly useless (I'm looking at you Stockwell Motor Accessories, 226-236 Clapham Road, London)?
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1284/2891.php
 
It sounds like the common arrangement of the O2 sensor being screwed into a collar which itself is screwed into the manifold. That collar doesn't normally need to be disturbed. Did it come out attached to the old sensor, or something?
 
markweatherill said:
It sounds like the common arrangement of the O2 sensor being screwed into a collar which itself is screwed into the manifold. That collar doesn't normally need to be disturbed. Did it come out attached to the old sensor, or something?
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The 'collar'/flange is a part of the sensor itself on the old sensor while the new one doesn't have such a collar, but instead should screw it (rather than being held in with 2 nuts like the old one).

It seems that scraping off the crap from the old sensor has inexplicably done wonders to the fuel economy - It has doubled! (from 11MPG to 22MPG :p)
 
I just looked up some pictures of oxygen sensors and now I see what you mean. I'd never seen that type before.
But it looks from this that there are such things as those flanges for universal sensors.
 
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