Delta-Force

Hi all ive got 2x lambda faults on my car bank 1 sensor 1 and bank 2 sensor 2 as the cars been run with the imrc not working it would of been running ritch so ive been shopping about to get the best price for the lambdas my local ford dealer wanted

£85.56 Front

£78.43 Rear

so after having a quick look online

ive found some genuine bosch ones at

£49.78 Front

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

£56.89 Rear

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

So its already down a fair bit

Pair From Ford £163.99

Pair Of Genuine Bosch £106.67 + p&p £5.90

So £112.57 To My Door so £51.42 cheaper sounds good

Just wonderd if its worth removeing the old ones and cleaning them before i buy new ones im not well up on lambda sensors but have been told to avoid the cheap universal ones where you cut your own plug off and refit them a few times .

ive read a few times the st170 lambdas are prone to going faulty anyone got any better ideas is it worth cleaning them first ?

Cheers mark

Sp3no

iTrader: (1)

The ST170 is riddled with common problems and Lambda fail is one of them. I am always of the mind set that if i need to change a sensor, or when servicing my ST170 i only buy the best and usually from ford. Nothing wrong with the Bosch Lambda but i would not hunt for a cheaper alternative.
The joy will be trying to remove the old ones. You will most probably need allot of heat, so taking one out will most probably destroy it so not worth cleaning it. If your IMCR has not been sorted do that first

Delta-Force

cheers ive sorted imrc now the transistor had burnt out so i used the hightower guide and replaced it (see my other post) the car drives so much better now and is much quicker and better on fuel ive just got P0135 and P0141 showing up now

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

£85 for a front lambda sensor? When i bought one for my st170 a couple of months ago from ford it was half that!

Delta-Force

yeah thats what i was quoted from ford in oldham lancs i almost dropped the phone lol

its bin said by a few people that the 2x faults are down to the front sensor so hopefully i will have no eml light soon

is your car standard engine wise what mpg do you get day to day driveing mine still quite thirsty from light on if i put £10 fuel in 105 per ltr i do around 40 mile and lights back on i once pushed it and the needle was almost at the bottom of red id done 50 miles gear changes around 3k rpm most of the time im trying to work out if the needles a bit lazy i put £10 in last night and it was less than quarter of a tank although ive not filled it right up yet ive only had it a few weeks though

RS Juto

Go on to ebay.com in the USA mate, i replaced both of mine for about £35 delivered to my door. They even came in ford bags . Do shop around mate you will save yourself a fortune.

Just an example
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-O...Q5fAccessories

GTi_Tom

iTrader: (1)

I've got a pair of working ones

Delta-Force

cheers for that cossie didnt think of looking on u.s ebay will keep it in mind pal

at the min its on hold as i know a guy who knows a guy who works at ford so im trying to get some at discount as he wants me to fix his comp and re config it favour for a favour if you no what i mean wink wink lol he is ringing me today hopefully so im waiting on that

Delta-Force

well the lambdas will be here at 3pm guy from ford was a messer so been ringing round all morning ive found a local shop ngk £50.60 each inc vat was the cheapest i found them so i orderd them will get them fitted this afternoon im determind to get more than 20 mpg out of this ST its shocking lol

Delta-Force

Well id already checked all the wireing and tested the lambdas with a multimeter and everything came back ok apart from the lambdas so i bought 2x nkt lambdas ended up costing me £50.60 each from a local shop i use direct fit £101.20 for the pair i fitted them and ive got no eml lit up now and no faults stored took the car for a bit of a drive for about half hour no faults stored so its looking promising the part numbers was

NGK 0ZA488-D2 (Front) £50.60 inc vat

NGK 0ZA381-D3 (Rear) £50.60 inc vat

thought id update this as it may help someone one day

Hezz

my st170 does 20mpg round town and 30+ mpg on a run (if i'm lucky!)