Brand new Genuine Honda O2 Sensor, received this morningG Man said:I'm interested to know if its Denso Honda use for this O2 sensor - it could be.
The next person to buy one from Honda, please post detailed pics of the part up before fitting - check for any markings or part numbers on it. Likewise with a Denso one from Rockauto.
It be nice to finally know if these two parts are the exact same or actually from different manufacturers.
I understand that the majority of 'branded' parts like the Brembo, Mugen and Gruppe's of this world are going to be expensive. That said I find a lot of the parts that are supplied by Honda are rather pricey given my history of car ownership has been all Vauxhall and Ford. I don't have deep pockets so the smallest increase in maintaining my vehicle in terms of buying new parts, is very noticeable for me :<C&S Evo7 said:And truupR i totally disagree that honda parts are more expensive. they may be more expensive than some poor quality chinese produced replica motorfactor parts but compared to like for like items they are very reasonable, even cheaper in some cases,
just look at the price for genuine Brembo pads and rotors from a motorfactor, or a battery, then get a quote from honda, you will be suprised at the price.
That's your problem right there mate, the honda will outlast any ford or vauxhallThat said I find a lot of the parts that are supplied by Honda are rather pricey given my history of car ownership has been all Vauxhall and Ford.
I'm not going to comment on the Rock Auto ones as I can't. They could have near the 100% reliability levels as the ones sourced from Honda/ maybe are the same ones. Who knows?Steve_DC5 said:The one from Rock Auto works perfectly fine for me.
Mine arrived in just little over a day from ordering at £110 all in. Saving of over £65 definitely worth it.
They are made by Denzo exactly the same as the Honda ones. People need to stop shitting them selves over nothing. They read the same when I looked at my datalogs.
All the Honda Parts dealers I tried were £190ish Tegiwa was cheapest at £175 but not sure if that included postage.
If people want to pay more for piece of mind then that's fine, if your a thrill seeker go for the Rock Auto one and blow the change on some beer and a lap dance.
The thread is about the one from rock auto though.blueguy said:I'm not going to comment on the Rock Auto ones as I can't. They could have near the 100% reliability levels as the ones sourced from Honda/ maybe are the same ones. Who knows?
What I will say though is the worry of sourcing an O2 sensor not from Honda is justified. LOTS of people have tried Denso ones that look exactly the same as the ones from Honda and a number of them have failed. This has not been the case with ones sourced via Honda.
TGM have the same experience and as you can imagine will have ordered/changed more O2 sensors than most if not anyone in the UK for a DC5.
IIRC someone has actually opened up a Honda and non-Honda sourced O2 sensor before and found an extra wire, or something along those lines.
At the end of the day of course it's up to the individual owner what they want to do, but it would be irresponsible to not bring up what many people have found since the first tegs were imported to present.
My point was Honda sourced Vs non-Honda sourced.Steve_DC5 said:The thread is about the one from rock auto though.
Not some random O2 sensor that happens to be made by denso.