Not good news on this one I'm afraid. Customer found out that he had been supplied with the wrong sensor. They refunded his £150 and said that they can provide him with the proper article for an extra £30 but it would have to be ordered. He had somehow via friends in the right places managed to secure a main dealer sensor for a trade price of £91! The connector was completely different to the one he had been supplied but identical to the original sensor he had discarded in the first place. He could only describe it as a lot bigger with more "gubbins" inside. On the way to the MOT station feeling very optimistic he had a scrape with another car. This was followed with a fail with the "emissions going up and down". On the way back feeling rather deflated the car broke down and here is an interesting thing: According to him it has done it before when the oil gets low and it acts as a fail-safe. I have not heard of this before..have you? Anyway, he refilled it with oil but it would not start and it was towed home whereupon it started on first turn of the key. Now apparently he has been told that this model uses a lot of oil and its a known problem. I am sceptical of this and the fail-safe option. Anyway car is now having bodywork repaired and I have volunteered to have yet another look when he gets it back. I will keep you informed.
Regards
Pete M
PS. EML did not extinguish when he put fitted new sensor.
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