oxygen sensors are f'n expensive
04-05-2002, 01:31 PM
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oxygen sensors are f'n expensive
Anyone replaced their O2 sensors? I need to replace mine, and the best price I can find is $150 each at Autozone for Bosch. I believe Denso makes them too, but I can't find them online anywhere. ( i haven't even bothered to price them at the dealer)
if anyone has any suggestions where they can be gotten at a better price, i'd appreciate it!
if anyone has any suggestions where they can be gotten at a better price, i'd appreciate it!
04-05-2002, 02:31 PM
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Re: oxygen sensors are f'n expensive
Originally posted by UDMechE
Anyone replaced their O2 sensors? I need to replace mine, and the best price I can find is $150 each at Autozone for Bosch. I believe Denso makes them too, but I can't find them online anywhere. ( i haven't even bothered to price them at the dealer)
if anyone has any suggestions where they can be gotten at a better price, i'd appreciate it!
Anyone replaced their O2 sensors? I need to replace mine, and the best price I can find is $150 each at Autozone for Bosch. I believe Denso makes them too, but I can't find them online anywhere. ( i haven't even bothered to price them at the dealer)
if anyone has any suggestions where they can be gotten at a better price, i'd appreciate it!
04-05-2002, 03:23 PM
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I already have 63K, so i'm no longer under warranty.
I had my car in when i had about 45K and told them i was starting to get a rotten egg smell and rough idle... all they did was check the catalytic conv and say it was fine.
now i've done some reading, and realize that every symptom my car has suggests bad O2 sensors (some hesitation on acceleration, egg smell, rough idle etc) and I even had some high oil consumption before, which i hear is a cause of O2 failure.
My check engine light hasn't come on, so they haven't completely failed, but i read that long before that happens they can become slow to give readings and even give false readings.
I had my car in when i had about 45K and told them i was starting to get a rotten egg smell and rough idle... all they did was check the catalytic conv and say it was fine.
now i've done some reading, and realize that every symptom my car has suggests bad O2 sensors (some hesitation on acceleration, egg smell, rough idle etc) and I even had some high oil consumption before, which i hear is a cause of O2 failure.
My check engine light hasn't come on, so they haven't completely failed, but i read that long before that happens they can become slow to give readings and even give false readings.
04-05-2002, 06:19 PM
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I'm not sure if it's the same issue you're having, but Acura send me something in the mail about repairing some emissions parts and extending the emmisions warranty. You may want to check with them fist. 
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www.buyoxygensensors.com
I just used them to buy some for my Probe GT and they have most cars in stock.
I just used them to buy some for my Probe GT and they have most cars in stock.
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so for those of you who had them replaced by the dealer for free...
did your car fail an emmissions test first, or did you just call up the dealer and say "i want new o2 sensors"?
my dealer has been really hard to work with (so i haven't gone there for regular service since the 15K), and when i had my car to them at 45k with the egg smell/rough idle you think they would have said "oh maybe its your o2 sensors", but instead they just said "the cat.conv. is fine, no problems here."
I poured in a bottle of Royal Purple Total Fuel System Cleaner today so i'm hoping that might help.
did your car fail an emmissions test first, or did you just call up the dealer and say "i want new o2 sensors"?
my dealer has been really hard to work with (so i haven't gone there for regular service since the 15K), and when i had my car to them at 45k with the egg smell/rough idle you think they would have said "oh maybe its your o2 sensors", but instead they just said "the cat.conv. is fine, no problems here."
I poured in a bottle of Royal Purple Total Fuel System Cleaner today so i'm hoping that might help.
04-06-2002, 10:09 PM
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From what I read in the Acura "notice", you can take the car in for free replacement/repair if you fail emissions inspection or if the check engine light comes on and they determine that the code is emissions related.
Got to my site, and read the warranty info that Acura sent me: Warranty. [Click on "Get Original Uploaded Photo" for a more readable pic.]
Got to my site, and read the warranty info that Acura sent me: Warranty. [Click on "Get Original Uploaded Photo" for a more readable pic.]
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we all have two oxygen sensors right? so couldn't you just swap the two? or take the one on the back side of the catalitic converter and move it to the front position and throw the bad one away? or will that not work?
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Originally posted by dustbuster4
From what I read in the Acura "notice", you can take the car in for free replacement/repair if you fail emissions inspection or if the check engine light comes on and they determine that the code is emissions related.
Got to my site, and read the warranty info that Acura sent me: Warranty. [Click on "Get Original Uploaded Photo" for a more readable pic.]
From what I read in the Acura "notice", you can take the car in for free replacement/repair if you fail emissions inspection or if the check engine light comes on and they determine that the code is emissions related.
Got to my site, and read the warranty info that Acura sent me: Warranty. [Click on "Get Original Uploaded Photo" for a more readable pic.]
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Originally Posted by dustbuster4
I'm not sure if it's the same issue you're having, but Acura send me something in the mail about repairing some emissions parts and extending the emmisions warranty. You may want to check with them fist.
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Originally Posted by LCARUCA 97
holy fawkin old! *starts picking off cobwebbs*
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Originally Posted by stretchjob
You just saved me $600.
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07-14-2005, 09:57 PM
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man this is an old thread
this is cuvered up to 150k for the new acura extended manufactuer mandatory warrenty that everyone gets
its covered and recently i got some work done at acura and free of charge they replaced my rotor, hub, wires and spark plugs for free
nice benifits for beign nice to the blondie that was helping me maybe but i got it all for free
this is cuvered up to 150k for the new acura extended manufactuer mandatory warrenty that everyone gets
its covered and recently i got some work done at acura and free of charge they replaced my rotor, hub, wires and spark plugs for free
nice benifits for beign nice to the blondie that was helping me maybe but i got it all for free
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Originally Posted by UDMechE
Anyone replaced their O2 sensors? I need to replace mine, and the best price I can find is $150 each at Autozone for Bosch. I believe Denso makes them too, but I can't find them online anywhere. ( i haven't even bothered to price them at the dealer)
if anyone has any suggestions where they can be gotten at a better price, i'd appreciate it!
if anyone has any suggestions where they can be gotten at a better price, i'd appreciate it!
he probably had it for almost over a year now.
07-15-2005, 07:14 PM
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HAHA i was thinking the same thing too What happened to him? i remember
he wrecked and i think it was totalled, guess so
he wrecked and i think it was totalled, guess so
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i thought the same thing
07-15-2005, 11:50 PM
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dealers in jersey say sensors aren't covered (been there).
Bosch sensor isn't too bad (I was too scared to foul up and fry ecu with a simulator), think mine was like 90 bucks, nice little directions/diagram, e-z fix, but mine was purely rotten, enough to light up the old yeller in the dash, and I didn't have those symptoms, UD; might want to rediagnose...
Bosch sensor isn't too bad (I was too scared to foul up and fry ecu with a simulator), think mine was like 90 bucks, nice little directions/diagram, e-z fix, but mine was purely rotten, enough to light up the old yeller in the dash, and I didn't have those symptoms, UD; might want to rediagnose...
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Originally Posted by 97Acura3.0CL
this is cuvered up to 150k for the new acura extended manufactuer mandatory warrenty that everyone gets
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