anyone?

 

If your car is <= 95 then you need not worry about a secondary O2 sensor (on the cat) because there isn't one.

If your car is above 95 then you do.

If the O2 sensor is bad it'll throw a CEL (check engine light). The CEL doesn't just say "O2 sensor" - it specifies which one. So you just pull the code with a code scanner.

 

it will not always throw a cel.

from what i read, its regular mantenance to replace your 02. anyone else have more info?

 

well o2 sensors are not cheap... and if uare going to start doing alot of things to your car and maybe turbo ... i recomend getting a WBO2...... i run a zeitronix... like it a lot..... a new hond o2 is like 100-150.... a WB senor is 60 bucks ..... but the inital invest ment for the whole unit is like 250-300 ... so u do the math... u will break even in like 3-4 O2 changes

 

Oh....... if your O2 is bad... u usually get terrible gas millage ..... i mean BAD

 

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Well not everybody has money where you can just randomly dump money into your car to randomly change sensors.

If it's bad you CAN be getting VERY shitty gas mileage.

Aside from that, there's the CEL.

Aside from that, leave it the expletive alone.

Don't change 'em "regular maintenance" because it's not ******* worth it - wait until it goes bad.

 

Direct fit replacement Honda 4-wire O2 sensor is like $43 from NTK at http://www.summitracing.com part # 24172. I am running one with no issue, and its just as inexpensive as some of the universal splice kits I've seen. If you are paying $100 for an O2 sensor for a honda, in my opinion, youre paying too much.

 

there is nothing wrong with buying from honda, they back the part up

 

Who makes the OEM honda O2 sensors? Usually Denso. Denso, NTK (subsidiary of NGK), Bosch, are all major OE producers of O2 sensors for car makes. Yes, I agree its reassuring that Honda will back a part thats made for them by Denso, but when you can get the same part but without the fancy honda box or honda part number, why not save the money? Just because it doesn't say Honda on the part doesn't mean its any less reliable than the same part availible directly from the manufacturer. Often times aftermarket companies and OE suppliers will make the 'retail' parts more reliable than the OE stuff, take Fel-Pro for example they not only make their stuff to OE specs but try to improve on it. Moog does this with their suspension pieces. But I digress. The main thing is, save yourself some money and get that NTK O2 sensor, its direct fit, no splicing and inexpensive compared to some of the other Bosch and Denso direct fits.