Hey guys. I know this is the wrong section but every time I post as WTB, it never gets posted. So, I'm looking to buy exactly what my title reads. An S5 Turbo II boost sensor. Mine broke at the nipple and instead of trying to glue in back, I'm just looking for a new (obviously used) one. Anyone please help. Thanks.

 

Fixing your old one is probably the best bet and is really easy.
Forget gluing the old nipple back on, that's destined to fail again.
A much better solution is to get some brass tubing of the appropriate size (readily available at most hardware stores), drill out what's left of the original nipple to fit and glue in a short piece of the tubing.
I did this to my sensor several years ago, it was fast, easy and has lasted fine.

 

What type of glue did you use. I was going to use PVC glue to fix mine.

 

I used a good plastic epoxy to fix mine. I cannot remember the name of it, though. I got it at a local hardware store.

 

that sounds like an awesome idea. how do you not drill through the whole thing and ruining it??


On mine there was just a little bit left that I threaded a nut onto, and the broken nipple side into the nut, and caked it with JB Weld stick. But id feel more confident doing that brass fitting.

 

We took a drip irrigation emitter



cut it in half and then used plastic epoxy to glue the black side to the sensor.



That gave us a nice nipple specifically designed for tubing and you have to look close to realize that it has been repaired.



PVC cement will probably not work because it is designed for PVC and the sensor is probably ABS. HD or Lowes will have ABS cement in the plumbing section too but as noted before the repair would likely fail.

Good luck

 

How is this better then a new one?

 

Thanks everyone. I'm gonna try to fix it with vrracing's idea. Seems to be pretty easy. Thanks for the pics too.

 

It's not.
It is a viable option though when you snap the nipple off on Saturday night and want to drive Sunday morning.

 

your thread probably didnt get posted because you didnt read the rules on posting.

 

When ours broke I couldnt find "new" ones available at onlinemazdaparts.com or Mazdatrix though Atkins has em for $437. and the used ones seemed to run $40 - $100 when you could find them (n/a ones are easily available for $10 but IIRC don't handle blow only suck).

$40 for an old, used, brittle from heat-stressed plastic sensor of unknown quality or $450 for a nice shiny new old stock (still 20 years old but not heat stressed) vs 25 cents for a drip emitter, a couple of cents worth of plastic epoxy (which will come in handy for some future brittled plastic on the car) and a half an hour of time to get your known working sensor back in service again seems like a no brainer to me. Seems $450 better than new one and $40 better than one new to you!