Lambda sensors

[RustyMojo]

Hi
So I need to replace the lambda sensors on my car as I have what I’m guessing are cheap eBay aftermarket versions. Just checked on RPD and they want £155 each! ECP are doing Bosch sensors for £61 after one of their discount codes..... or they do a HAAS for £27, FAE £38! Fairly sure buying cheap often will result in buying twice. What’s the view here. Are Bosch the same as the OE units fitted to the car? Are the other 2 cheap version about as much use as plugging the holes with some old chewing gum and wires?

 

[M90SR]

This eBay listing seems to currently the best price for the correct Bosch sensor, 0258006046.

OE number 7700107433.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOSCH-02...h=item46a6869952:g:k3MAAOSwVzJeGf6H#vi-ilComp

 

[RustyMojo]

Thanks, are the other options from ECP junk. I’m presuming so?

 

[Louis]

I'd go through opieoils for one tbh.
£48 posted with code monkylondon but atleast you know its genuine and from a reputable source.

So many fakes on Ebay. Dont mess around with anything other than Bosch

 

[RustyMojo]

I'd go through opieoils for one tbh.
£48 posted with code monkylondon but atleast you know its genuine and from a reputable source.

So many fakes on Ebay. Dont mess around with anything other than Bosch

coming up as £58 each for me with that code mate

 

[RustyMojo]

Hi guys,
Managed to source 2 brand new genuine Bosch’s sensors for £46 each delivered from Amazon. Bit of trickery with losing up and Amazon gift card got me £5 off to get them to that price. But cheapest I could find online for proper genuine sensors

 

[497adam]

Just ordered one from amazon - cheers for finding that price.

What thread are they ? Thinking of blanking my post cat


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[Matt e]

m18x1.5

 

[Clio_fool]

Autodoc are always cheap. I got 2 last year about the same price as they are now.

They arrived from Germany within the week.

 

[RustyMojo]

Autodoc are always cheap. I got 2 last year about the same price as they are now.
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They arrived from Germany within the week.

£8.45 shipping though isn’t it? Which makes it more than Amazon, which was free shipping

 

[Robbie Corbett]

This eBay listing seems to currently the best price for the correct Bosch sensor, 0258006046.

OE number 7700107433.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOSCH-02...h=item46a6869952:g:k3MAAOSwVzJeGf6H#vi-ilComp

Always suspicious of eBay parts from sellers with so many sales and also Amazon. Theres a load of fakery about. Would rather use Autodoc etc.

 

[RustyMojo]

Always suspicious of eBay parts from sellers with so many sales and also Amazon. Theres a load of fakery about. Would rather use Autodoc etc.

The ones I received are 100% genuine. With Bosch’s warranty and fully hologrammed sealed boxes.... someone has gone a long way to make something fake to save £8 over two sensors from another supplier. In fact they were only cheaper because of the discount code!!!

also worth pointing out that these were not some reseller listing on Amazon they came from Amazon’s own stock, supplied by...Bosch

 

[Robbie Corbett]

Not doubting yours, just highlighting that eBay and Amazon are a great place for knock offs. And some of them look properly good. Amazon own stock and holograms that check out on the Bosch site would be good enough for me too

 

[Robbie Corbett]

I bought some electric tooth brush heads of amazon a while back and they turned out to be fakes. They were so close to the originals that I couldn't tell the difference, even the bristles were cut the same. The blue bits on the head never faded though which many fakes don't get right.

Two ways of looking at it, either realise that I have been brushing my teeth with bristles rinsed off in Chinese corona sewer water or that I never have to replace the toothbrush heads again because the blue line says so. Haven't decided what to do yet but also haven't mentioned it to her either.....

 

[RustyMojo]

Thing is the originals in that example are probably made in China too. Most stuff is nowadays isn’t it. I generally don’t have a problem with it, mainly because we as consumers don’t have a lot of choice. But I would never knowingly buy fake anything. Generally if something is so cheap it seems to good to be true, it generally is. That said when buying from Amazon, if you buy from them directly rather than one of their millions of resellers you should be OK

 

[Robbie Corbett]

Yes originals made in China, but loads of knock off shops about too seems to be like the wild west.

 

[RustyMojo]

So hard to police nowadays init! Remember back in the day being amazed you could get knock off Oakleys when on holiday. Now you can buy em from home or sometime your high street 😂

 

[M90SR]

Always suspicious of eBay parts from sellers with so many sales and also Amazon. Theres a load of fakery about. Would rather use Autodoc etc.

A Feedback score of 168k is not that high over 14 years for medium sized business seller.

£41.94 including delivery is a very good price, and the fact that they are Leatherhead based, & file their accounts on time, reassures me that they would supply the real Bosch item.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05771619

 

[Robbie Corbett]

Yes point taken but no harm in

So hard to police nowadays init! Remember back in the day being amazed you could get knock off Oakleys when on holiday. Now you can buy em from home or sometime your high street 😂

Haha I remember going to Turkey with my Grilfriend 10 years ago and trying to calm her down at the market was a nightmare

 

[Robbie Corbett]

A Feedback score of 168k is not that high over 14 years for medium sized business seller.

£41.94 including delivery is a very good price, and the fact that they are Leatherhead based, & file their accounts on time, reassures me that they would supply the real Bosch item.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05771619

Nicely done, but still no harm in reminding people about fake car parts. Some times sellers with very high numbers are just middle men with some software, other times they have bought the account with feedback. eBay is full of it, been looking at classic cars lately mostly TR6's and Range Rover classics and basically every bargain is a fake listing.

 

[ste 193]

Are the pre and post cat lambda sensors the same?

 

[RustyMojo]

Just the length of cable that’s different I believe, but both work, so not sure why you need a longer loom

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Thanks @M90SR genuine Bosch fitted yesterday after eml light flashing and random misfire.
Also fitted 4 new genuine Magneti Marelli injectors. The 182s running smooth as silk now

 

[M90SR]

Thanks @M90SR genuine Bosch fitted yesterday after eml light flashing and random misfire.
Also fitted 4 new genuine Magneti Marelli injectors. The 182s running smooth as silk now

I've had those BOSCH ones fitted for a good few months now. No issues.