The sensor I replaced back in December was a Bosch, and the plugs I heard suck from them, and I had a pair of very crappy windshield wipers from Bosch, yet this o2 has held up just fine. Is there a tendency for Bosch to make o2 sensors better than the rest, and just make other stuff to make a profit? Kinda curious as to how Bosch has the name recognition they have, 1/3 things I've had from them were no good.

 

Bosch is a huge company and makes a lot of OEM parts.
While I'll agree those original Bosch spark plugs are junk most of the electronic parts I've used from them have been pretty decent. O2 and engine sensors, alternators, starters all top notch.

 

Bosch is a very good company that makes alot of parts for high end foreign vehicles like Mercedes, and Porche. The only thing that they make I am not really a fan of is the sparkplugs, they just do not seem to last very long in alot of vehicles.

 

I remember reading that NGK makes the best o2 for our truck, well longest lasting anyway.

 

NGK is a company I'm familiar with through my friend and his appreciation for the import sport cars. Not the tuners, but the built imports. Some of those Supra's, Skylines, Celica's, Eclipse, 3000GT, 300ZX (personal favorite) are pretty intense cars when built right. NGK plugs perform exceptionally well in there smaller yet powerful 6 cylinder motors. Interesting that their o2 sensors do well in our trucks.

What about an American company? ACDelco was American if I'm not mistaken. They seem to make good aftermarket replacement parts. OEM would probably be their classification.

Bosch's spark plugs haven't worked well in anything I'm aware of. I think I put some in my Nova at one time, but the engine was so old as long as something sparked, it'd run. I was sickened by their windshield wipers though. They were buy one get one free at Autozone, and only the passenger wiped water. I used the cloth and the drivers just would not hold up well. Weird, but my friend bought the same pair for his car and he threw them out a month later, complained while he had them the same time I did. RainX wipers have been kind to me though. Cheap and effective; Only way to go.

 

You mean, NTK.


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They're the same company. NTK is the o2 sensor division. That's what I use. Supposedly,the Bosch make you run slightly rich at part throttle and idle. In any case, NTK's cost 1/2 as much as Bosch.

 

Correct, but thats like someone saying they have a Mercury F-250.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about NTK and NGK. Same parent company though. I didn't know they ran 1/2 the price. Where did you find them at?

 

No, more like a Mercury Grand Marquis and a Ford Crown Victoria.

same, but different. even the O2 sensors used to be called NGK years ago.