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Old 06-20-2011, 09:33 PM
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Tranny went down again and while it is out thinking of replacing the o2 sensors. The ones from GM are about $60 a piece and the Bosch are $32 each from Rock Auto. Any difference beside price? Going to do all four.

The truck has ~48K on it and ~40k blown. I'm not throwing any o2 codes but thought it might be good PM while the exhaust is out as I drive the truck like I stole it.
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Get the gm ones. I went through 3 sets of the bosches then switched back to gm
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GM! sparkplugs.com is where i got mine!!
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GM.... i went through a set of bosch before i swapped back to gm.
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another vote for the GM's...you'll likely spend more in the long run with the lower end O2 sensors
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Dont waste your money. I have them come through the shop all of the time with triple the miles you have on those and still functioning perfectly. Leave them alone until you have a problem with them.
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Originally Posted by 01WS6/tamu
Dont waste your money. I have them come through the shop all of the time with triple the miles you have on those and still functioning perfectly. Leave them alone until you have a problem with them.
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Can one or more start going down, lowering power and gas mileage, without a code?
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GM has 02 fail detection pretty damm sensitive. If the PCM see's a sensor not responding correctly they will set a code fairly quickly. If one is failing to the point of effecting gas mileage and or power you will have a MIL and code.
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cool, thanks, just saved me some cash!
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GM, but I wouldn't replace them just to replace them.


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