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I need a new sensor for my Honda, and the dealer wants a small fortune. Bosch do a range of universal ones that you splice to the original plug. Anyone had any experiance of these?
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Try the well-known 'Fuel Parts UK' company in Bromsgrove (01527 835555). They distribute a wide range including Bosch, Toyota UEGO's and the Honda 5-wire type. I have had a couple of sensors from them, including one recently to fix ex-neighbours Celica. They are good on price and service.
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Had two bad experiences, once with a Fiat Punto, the other with a Mazda. Both lasted less than a year, and caused MOT emmission failures. Assuming it could not be the O2 sensor, the car was booked into a fuel injection specialist who explained that they're rubbish, especially on Japanese engines.
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agree with ST totally , my mates garage will not touch a car with one of these fitted they cause a lot of problems and fail prematurely, go for genuine part if you possibly can. i know it's more expensive but it's also the right part wont cause problems with emissions etc as it is designed specific to the vehicle.
cheers...keo
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Thanks guys.
It's the second time the light has come on over the last week, so I cleaned the plug and socket to it, but it looked OK as it was, nice and clean. I've also reset the ecu, so will have to wait and see if it comes back again. At least with a Honda you can pull the fault codes with a paperclip, and not a £10K computer!
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Dave N
If you look at one of the 'Honda' UEGO's supplied by Fuel Parts you'll see it is made by NKT (the ceramics division of NGK). It is *identical* to the NKT sensor installed as OEM, but a lot cheaper.
Similarly the Bosch ones they supply for VW, BMW etc. are the same as OEM - these car companies do not make their own sensors, they buy them in.
The ones to avoid are the 'no name' universal sensors sold by certain factors. I would avoid those (I have no personal experience with them, but have heard tales). Stick with the brand names and you'll be OK. The same rule that applies to any aftermarket part, really.
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PS - Dave N. It is likely the O2 sensor that's putting the light on. I replaced one on an Accord; probably about two years ago. It was just out of warranty and only 18k miles. Honda service manager was kind enough to tell me they are a 'not uncommon' failure item. I had a real struggle to get it out. Soaking with penetrating oil for a couple of days and trying to remove whilst hot seemed to do the trick.
I put a *smidgen* of copper grease on the thread of the new one, just in case it needed to come out again! Make sure you don't get an on the shroud or on the outside (there is an air-reference hole).
The other thing with these is never to wash the engine down with any organic solvents (e.g. parafin, 'Gunk') it gets on the atmospheric side of the EGO and poisons it.
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Hi Dave, hairdresser in the Vitara here. PMA do the NTK ones and Camberley Auto Factors in Crawley the Bosch ones. Dont bother with the unmarked universal sensors.
Andrew
Simplicate and add lightness!!
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Well the light hasn't come on again..... yet. But, the fuel consumption has dropped from a norm of 30mpg to 25 over the last week. Same type of driving, same number of miles and 3 tanks of fuel (brim to brim).
Is it possible that the O2 sensor is playing up and screwing up the mixture, but not so much as to set the light more often? maybe the engine temp or air temp is dodgy and making the mixture richer, and only occasionally getting too rich for the O2 sensor and setting the fault code?
I've got the specs for the engine and air temp so I'll check tomorrow.
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Watch out! - don't leave it long because you might 'kill the CAT'by cloging it with carbon, which is what I've probably done to my Vauxhall.
Howard
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Is the O2 sensor the same as the Lambda sensor?
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