E36 @ Universal Oxygen Sensor

[Usernamehere]

Hey all at bimmerforums

My Oxygen Sensor is broken (game over), so i bought a new,
But the new one , there is 4 wires

2x white
1x gray
1x black
(0258986507. OEM No)

My old sensor
yellow
red
white
black

How can i connect it to my car ?

Car
BMW E36 320I from 1993 M50 NON vanos

[jmo69]

I found this thread but he never mentions your wire color combination. http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?589134-Replace-your-O2-Sensor-for-35&highlight=econoline+O2+sensors

[flyfishvt]

Wrong sensor. Sorry. You bought one for an OBDI car. Your sensor is OBDII. Return it and get the right one. Go on Amazon and get one. Make sure it has the correct color wires. I think I paid about $65 for mine last summer.

[jmo69]

Wrong sensor. Sorry. You bought one for an OBDI car. Your sensor is OBDII. Return it and get the right one. Go on Amazon and get one. Make sure it has the correct color wires. I think I paid about $65 for mine last summer.
How can his 93 be OBDII?

[flyfishvt]

HMMMMM.....good point. His old sensor is an OBDII sensor. The sure way to tell is to look at the sensor itself. The sensor end of a OBDI sensor is rounded/dome shaped. The OBDII sensor is squared off. Definately NOT dome shaped.

[Usernamehere]

Pic old sensor :
http://oi50.tinypic.com/zvbqft.jpg
http://oi49.tinypic.com/jr4qkw.jpg

Screenshot: Bmw DISv.57
http://oi49.tinypic.com/zl3jq.jpg

[flyfishvt]

That's not the sensor. It's only the connector.

[Usernamehere]

ååh sorry :)
Old sensor:
http://oi48.tinypic.com/2zekxgi.jpg

[flyfishvt]

Just as I suspected. That looks like an OBDII sensor. I bet the new one looks different.

[Usernamehere]

new one
http://media.ruf-autoteile.de/Artikelbilder/800px/100_999_004.jpg

[flyfishvt]

Was the old sensor spliced in?

[Usernamehere]

I don't understand.. spliced ?


( I screwed it out )

[flyfishvt]

I don't understand.. spliced ?


( I screwed it out )


I was asking if the wires to the old sensor were spliced onto the connector like you're trying to do. It sounds like they were not. In any case I believe you have the wrong sensor. The wire colors should match. I can tell you that on the new sensor the 2 white wires are for the heater. The black is your signal wire and gray is ground for the signal. The 2 white wires do not have polarity. So once you figure out which wires on the old connector are for the heater you can hook them to either of them. Ive never been a fan of the universal sensors. In the end you spend more time and effort than you save by simply getting the correct one.

If I were you I would return that sensor and get the correct one with its own connector already installed.

[Butters Stoch]

If I were you I would return that sensor and get the correct one with its own connector already installed.

This ^

[flyfishvt]

After doing some searching I found this:

Yellow sensor signal (5v) Black
Black senor ground Grey
Red Heater +ve (12v) White
White Heater -ve White

Ive tried using universal sensors and it didn't work for several reasons I wont get into. The good news is that if you install that thing and it doesn't work you'll only burn out/destroy the sensor. you wont do any damage to the car. The bad news is once you touch that sensor you can't return it and you're out the $35-$50 you spent on it.

[Usernamehere]

flyfishvt

Thanks for all your help.

My old sensor is " siemens " will it work with a " bosch " ?
like this

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BOSCH-0258005324-Lambdasonde-BMW-E30-E36-E34-11781247235-11781468621-96460612401-/261152314684?_trksid=p5197.m2280&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%2 6asc%3D191%26meid%3D6284024849937388139%26pid%3D10 0068%26prg%3D1104%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D261177853458%26% 26clkid%3D6284024865991527803&_qi=RTM1320009

[flyfishvt]

That should work. The connectors are the same