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Posted by Peter Mashiter on November 20, 2015, 7:41 pm
Edited by board administrator November 24, 2015, 12:31 pm

Is it just me or are many aftermarket management sensors & actuators e.g cam, crank sensors, EGR valves, Air mass meters etc. etc. are not blueprinted.

Case in point.....

Fitted a ADL blueprint oxygen sensor to a Honda Civic but only to find they don't run bias voltage like the OEM unit.
Same on Toyotas.

Had many EGR valves returned due to poo poo build quailty.

Try a FuelParts Air mass meter on a BMW Uh Oh! Still have performance loss & chasing other reasons for the symptom only to find when you replace it with a OEM unit hey presto you fix the fault.

Time & time again i fall into this trap maybe in the vain hope that all these aftermarket manufactures Hass, FuelParts, ADL, Lucas ETC. ETC. ETC. to name a few will somehow better these parts in quality control but to no avail.

This has been going on for years & i cannot see how they ever sell any of these types of parts & the returns they get must be out of this world.

The scary thing now is vehilces are now coming with intelligent battery ECMs that need to know the make & Ah of the battery fitted.

OOOOO WEEEEEEE are we in for some hard times ahead.

So now i have stuck a post it note on my forehead that says "OEM OEM OEM OEM OEM"

Re: Aftermarket management sensors & actuators

Posted by Matt Booth on November 20, 2015, 10:16 pm, in reply to "Aftermarket management sensors & actuators"
Matthew Booth

OEM are also getting very competitive with their prices making it an easy decision to use genuine.

I am still guilty of using aftermarket but only when I can get a part in the make of who made it for OEM - Bosch, Siemens etc.

Matt

Re: Aftermarket management sensors & actuators

Posted by Tim Watts on November 20, 2015, 10:27 pm, in reply to "Aftermarket management sensors & actuators"
Tim Watts

Just done intermittent misfire/non start Land Rover td5.
Poor signal ckp sensor. Usual wiring damage after clutch replacement.
Owner asked me to replace sensor with one he had bought on another garage recommendation.(just to be safe yea)
Wiring repaired, sensor fitted fault gone away..
Next day car back wont rev over 4k without cutting out until key recycled.
Refit original ckp sensor all good,
Regards intermotor..

Obviously my fault for not canning it on road test.

Re: Aftermarket management sensors & actuators

Posted by Peter Mashiter on November 22, 2015, 7:14 am, in reply to "Re: Aftermarket management sensors & actuators"

The question is do you let Intermotor know?

All these companies seem to just hide away in their glass towers laughing at us hard working techs trying in vain to keep the public running.

There is too much of a coincidence here for it to be the odd failure from new.

i've fit 2 of the same component in one day & all did not function out of the box. That was a Fuelparts (intermotor) Air mass meter.

Is there a hidden agenda here or am i missing something?

Are they working with the vehicle manufacturers???
To keep all us independence in a light of perception of not knowing what we are doing???

Where are trading standards???
In a glass tower???

I AM JUST ASKING QUESTIONS!
I AM NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORIST!
THE MORE QUESTIONS YOU ASK THE CLOSER TO THE TRUTH YOU GET.

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