Bosch o2 sensor a no go......
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Bosch o2 sensor a no go......
So I ordered new downstream o2 sensors from RockAuto. Both bosch, both saying they fit on their site. They come in, boxes match their part numbers from the site. Get the downstream off, screw the new one in as it is hanging there I noticed the plug on it didn't match the others I've seen. Take a look.....
This is the new cylinder 1,2,3 downstream o2 plug (bosch #13554)
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This is the plug into the harness
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And here is the stock sensor's plug
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I figured maybe the put the wrong sensor in the correct box......
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RockAuto, Autozone both say that plug works on the GS300 cylinders 1,2,3 downstream, the Bosch plug pictured above is PN13544. I can't be crazy, I've had my brother look and try it and that Bosch plug does not fit into our harness. If you look at the Denso/UltraPower/Walker on RockAuto they all look identical to the stock sensor.
Someone tell me I'm crazy.
This is the new cylinder 1,2,3 downstream o2 plug (bosch #13554)
[IMG][/IMG]
This is the plug into the harness
[IMG][/IMG]
And here is the stock sensor's plug
[IMG][/IMG]
I figured maybe the put the wrong sensor in the correct box......
BUT
RockAuto, Autozone both say that plug works on the GS300 cylinders 1,2,3 downstream, the Bosch plug pictured above is PN13544. I can't be crazy, I've had my brother look and try it and that Bosch plug does not fit into our harness. If you look at the Denso/UltraPower/Walker on RockAuto they all look identical to the stock sensor.
Someone tell me I'm crazy.
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I've never had an issue with any Bosch products I've used before. The issue is the sellers aren't actually checking whether or not the product actually fits the car. Could of easily happened with any other product on any other car to any other person. It probably has and goes unchanged, even RockAuto lists this Bosch sensor as a favorite items, which is more than likely a hype created by RockAuto themselves. It can't be price driven as they are only a couple dollars apart.
I'm sending this one back and getting the Denso sensor and informing them of the situation. Probably won't do any good, but maybe some other folks will see this and avoid this situation.
I'm sending this one back and getting the Denso sensor and informing them of the situation. Probably won't do any good, but maybe some other folks will see this and avoid this situation.
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I've bought two VDO lambda sensors. At the time that I purchased them (the last one was this March) they were $170 and now that I looked again they're $320.
So I was a lucky sob to get them that cheap.
The question is what will I buy the next time an O2 sensor fails.
So I was a lucky sob to get them that cheap.
The question is what will I buy the next time an O2 sensor fails.
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Thanks for contributing something useful there chief.
PFFFFF WELL KNOWN HUH, can you quote me your posts in the thread below?
This thread look familiar to you?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...it-matter.html
There is a thread about what o2 sensors to use, there are several OGs in there recommending Bosch oxygen sensors and that "they worked just fine".
Obviously they used the universal kind and spliced in the old connector, but my point is about the sensor Bosch sells as a "direct fitment".
I pulled that old thread out by searching "Bosch", and it is the first and really only perfectly matching inquiry about what brand of oxygen sensor to use. So if someone who had just bought a Lexus needing that sensor replaced would of seen that and went ahead and bought the same Bosch sensor and be in the same situation I was just in, and VIP161, and several others.
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