Where's the best place to get a decent plug and play Lambda sensor?

Last time I replaced it, I used one of Halfrauds cheapo £20 sensors which although it appeared to work well, has now failed after less than 18 months (about 15,000 miles) and also when it fails it seems to read rich thus leading to the ECU leaning out the mixture. At least when the original part failed, it had the decency to do it safely by reading lean.

Tried my local, friendly Subaru dealership who, for some reason that escapes me, expected me to pay £113 plus VAT!

I need one ASAP, one that won't stop working in another 18 months, one that will plug in if poss and one that is somewhere inbetween £20 and £113+VAT (preferably nearer the £20 end)

 

I have a brand new Bosch LS02 3 wire one, which are widely used on here & by scoobyclinic £50 Inc postage, if you want it

Dean

 

Bite the bullet, and buy the subaru one : I went through several universal lambda sensors, all of them read wrong or wouldn't co-operate. Eventually ordered the subaru one from japan, and the first one they sent also sent screwy voltages out. Garage sent it back and the second one worked fine.

My view was, given what can go wrong by having a dodgy reading from it and how much it could cost, it was worth spending the extra.

 

Dean, YHPM!

BoxerFlat4, I know what you're saying, but £133 for a poxy sensor is daylight robbery. There must be somewhere you can get the OEM Subaru ones for less.

 

This guy is selling a Bosch one for £50

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=390197

Richard

 

Yup Agreed, buy the above or just get a new O.e. bosch sensor.
Unfortunately it is not the fact that it is a subaru part that makes it expensive, i took the part number to a bosch stockist i use and the price was the same unfortunately.

Rob

 

If it's any consolation, over the last 6 months I've probably spent over £700 trying to fix an intermittent misfire, and it's still there.

 

List things tried

Rob

 

Righto -

• 4 new coil packs
• 2 sets of new spark plugs
• New lambda sensor
• New MAF sensor
• New coolant temperature sensor
• Walbro fuel pump
• New exhaust manifold
• Cam and cranckshaft sensors
• Earthing points cleaned and checked.

Next to be tried is the OE knock sensor.

 

Have you worked out which cylinder is misfiring? - When the fault is present, disconnect the coilpack connectors one by one whilst the car is idling, listening for whichever one doesn't make the car go from 3 to 2 cylinders.

Just a thought...Have you checked the coilpack wires for continuity/breaks back to the ECU?

How intermittant is the fault? - May not be electrical, and might be worth compression testing the suspect cylinder???

Richard

 

Rather than hi-jack this thread, I've started a new one ... http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...27#post4136727