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Old May 24, 2004 | 05:39 PM
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Bosch Oxygen Sensors

I bought two front ones for my 96 z28 last week that will be going in with my new pacesetter longtubes. I just heard though that people have a lot of problems with the bosch O2's for our cars....any truth behind this? should i return them and try to find some ac delcos?
Old May 24, 2004 | 05:48 PM
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Ive been running the Bosch sensors in my longtubes for about 6 months now...no problems as of yet.
Old May 24, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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I bought some after my LT install and replaced them like three times before I went and got some acdelco and no prob since. so if they work, cool (their cheaper) if not return them and get so)me Acdelcos
Old May 24, 2004 | 06:02 PM
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mine work fine....they have 3 month warranty so if they arent right, you dont lose anything but time
Old May 24, 2004 | 06:31 PM
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mine are fine. 15,000 miles later....
Old May 24, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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I thought they didn't take readings as fast as the AC delcos?
Old May 24, 2004 | 09:07 PM
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ive heard a lot of people saying "the computer was made to take the signal from ac delco's" but i've never heard the actual problems they were having. i have no idea. im sure they will be fine
Old May 24, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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i put a set in during my header install. it has been 1.5 years and 7000 miles....
now im starting to have problems that may be related to them.
im having a major surge/hesitation as soon as the car goes into closed loop....

im going to try a new set tommorow. (for FREE)
Old May 25, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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Originally posted by QCKZ28
i put a set in during my header install. it has been 1.5 years and 7000 miles....
now im starting to have problems that may be related to them.
im having a major surge/hesitation as soon as the car goes into closed loop....

im going to try a new set tommorow. (for FREE)
let me know how that goes
Old May 25, 2004 | 02:25 PM
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i'm running the bosch 02's and my car surges and hesitates slightly . don't know if that's related to the 02's but I am going to replace them with ac delco's shortly.
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:16 PM
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i swapped in a new set of boosch o2s and my problem is solved....


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Old May 25, 2004 | 06:25 PM
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Replacing mine (Bosch) with AC Delcos this week. No real reason other than they are the OEM parts.
Old May 26, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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well today i returned my unused Bosch's and bouht some AC Delco's at a Chevy Dealer but its worth $30 extra to me for peace of mind
Old May 26, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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i did a cam swap and long tubes and put in bosch o2's and have a real bad high rpm miss/stubble could the o2's cause it. i have replaced the opti and coil and checked timing chain out of ideas.

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Old May 26, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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Originally posted by meangrn94ta
i did a cam swap and long tubes and put in bosch o2's and have a real bad high rpm miss/stubble could the o2's cause it. i have replaced the opti and coil and checked timing chain out of ideas.

mike
good question, I kind of wonder this myself as I have an intermittent like problem, but I believe the answer is no. It is most likely ignition related, but I could very possibly be wrong....



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