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[Andy B]

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My Omega is fitted with a sensor of the same part number as above. Anyone any opinions of what & who to buy or not buy? It's going to live in the boot ...... as a spare!  

[Lazydocker]

Funny you should say that... I was looking at the same thing thinking it may do as a spare, being considerably cheaper than genuine vx, but couldn't decide if it'd just be false economy :-/ :-/

[Jimbob]

people have been known to replace with ebay ones, only to have to buy a genuine one when it hasnt fixed the problem.

You may be lucky...

At that price however, I would buy genuine

[Jimbob]

buy cheap....buy twice!

that could be a very expensive sensor once you add the real deal onto that price.


FYI I bought a new wiper / cruise stalk off them, similar deal.
It is shite compared to a real one.  Wished I hadnt tried to save a tenner!

[bigdods]

On my old mini facelift 2.5 the crank sensor was replaced with a genuine vx one. It broke again 3 months later and had to be replaced.

On my current facelift 3.0 the same happened, genuine crank sensor but this time it lasted 6 months before breaking again.

Ok, so genuine are probably better than the ebay crap but even vx arent perfect....

[Big Rod]

So other than eBay, where's recommended to get a crank sensor from then?

[TheBoy]

On my old mini facelift 2.5 the crank sensor was replaced with a genuine vx one. It broke again 3 months later and had to be replaced.

On my current facelift 3.0 the same happened, genuine crank sensor but this time it lasted 6 months before breaking again.

Ok, so genuine are probably better than the ebay crap but even vx arent perfect....

1 faulty one is unfortunate.  2 has to be poor fitting....

[markfree]

I maybe preaching to the un-converted but here's my take on it.

I think we are under a  slight misconception here that genuine VX parts are superior to other suppliers.

Vx , to my knowledge, don't manufacture anything, they get their suppliers to manufacture their parts and sell them onto their customers at  vastly inflated prices.

These same suppliers to VX might also supply Joe Bloggs who sells his parts on ebay - the big difference is the mark-up - VX probably have a mark-up of at least 100% whereas Joe Bloggs might have a mark-up of 50%.

VX have expensive showrooms to pay for whereas Joe Bloggs has probably a small out-of-town-industrial estate warehouse - so in effect they could both be selling the same part but one sells it far cheaper than the other.

So if people stopped buying VX parts they would be forced to reduce their prices.

I've always gone for the most cost-effective alternative to dealers parts (if available)  and over the years have saved myself bucket loads of money and haven't had any problems.

Food for thought anyway

Hurray beer/wine/champers on me - I'm now a junior member!!!!

[Jimbob]

I maybe preaching to the un-converted but here's my take on it.

I think we are under a  slight misconception here that genuine VX parts are superior to other suppliers.

Vx , to my knowledge, don't manufacture anything, they get their suppliers to manufacture their parts and sell them onto their customers at  vastly inflated prices.

These same suppliers to VX might also supply Joe Bloggs who sells his parts on ebay - the big difference is the mark-up - VX probably have a mark-up of at least 100% whereas Joe Bloggs might have a mark-up of 50%.

VX have expensive showrooms to pay for whereas Joe Bloggs has probably a small out-of-town-industrial estate warehouse - so in effect they could both be selling the same part but one sells it far cheaper than the other.

So if people stopped buying VX parts they would be forced to reduce their prices.

I've always gone for the most cost-effective alternative to dealers parts (if available)  and over the years have saved myself bucket loads of money and haven't had any problems.

Food for thought anyway

Hurray beer/wine/champers on me - I'm now a junior member!!!!

Yes, that can be the case, but not always!
I have seen it 1st hand, as have many

They may be OEM suppliers, but often do not supply the same item / quality to Aftermarket suppliers.

Some parts, vauxhall every time, some parts, a cheaper alternative is fine, sometimes they are identical, but more often than not they aren't

[TheBoy]

I maybe preaching to the un-converted but here's my take on it.

I think we are under a  slight misconception here that genuine VX parts are superior to other suppliers.

Vx , to my knowledge, don't manufacture anything, they get their suppliers to manufacture their parts and sell them onto their customers at  vastly inflated prices.

These same suppliers to VX might also supply Joe Bloggs who sells his parts on ebay - the big difference is the mark-up - VX probably have a mark-up of at least 100% whereas Joe Bloggs might have a mark-up of 50%.

VX have expensive showrooms to pay for whereas Joe Bloggs has probably a small out-of-town-industrial estate warehouse - so in effect they could both be selling the same part but one sells it far cheaper than the other.

So if people stopped buying VX parts they would be forced to reduce their prices.

I've always gone for the most cost-effective alternative to dealers parts (if available)  and over the years have saved myself bucket loads of money and haven't had any problems.

Food for thought anyway

Hurray beer/wine/champers on me - I'm now a junior member!!!!

Firstly, Vauxhall don't have expensive showrooms - the dealers do .  And dealers don't set the prices

You are, of course, correct in that Vauxhall don't make components themselves. However, many components are made to Vauxhall's specifications under licence.  This usually means they either cannot make the same part to the same specification, or they end up making it to a lower quality to hit a better price point.

There are some components where there is little difference between genuine GM parts and pattern parts, so worth buying the cheaper.  There are many, many, many, many components where we see time and time again that pattern parts are not up to the job - 4 pot cam sensors being an obvious example.


Congrats on your Junior Membership

[feeutfo]

also worth knowing, some vx products can not be had cheaper anywhere else, such as spark plugs. Imho its a question of experience, knowing what works for the best price, which is where oof comes in...
The problems seem to start when vx change supplier, in the case of exhausts, what was the best value one day, is not so the next.

[Darth Loo-knee]

people have been known to replace with ebay ones, only to have to buy a genuine one when it hasnt fixed the problem.

You may be lucky...

At that price however, I would buy genuine

I did exactly this, I bought one from ebay and within 2 weeks it was giving me the same problems and code 19. I went and got one from Vx which being hinest wasn't much more in price. Then had a fight to get my money back off the guy from ebay.
I would say just go to Vx and get a genuine one

[Andy B]

Thanks for the replies. So £38.38 +vat from trade Club is the way to go!
Didn't get back to reply yesterday as I spent an exciting afternoon in A & E after the Mother-in-law managed to fall from top to bottom of the stairs while playing with her grandson. She's OK  .... just very badly shook up & and bruised her hip & head

[Darth Loo-knee]

Think my was about £50 Andy with VAT  

Just make sure you get the right one

[Andy B]

.......
Just make sure you get the right one

Providing that Vauxhall did actually fit the part number that they billed me for 5 years ago ......   :-/ then i still have the part number they fitted on the receipt. I took the easy lazy way out and let them 'just mend it' when the car died in the middle of the town centre by-pass while SWMBO was driving it. I can't tell you how popular I was with her that day!