[QUOTE="z"] best replacement plug wires for a B16? tia.[/QUOTE] OEM for sure.
I don't know if they re-sell Denso, but they might. More likely, they sell the same Chinese-made junk that Denso buys for some applications. They DO use much poorer builders and processes for some of their aftermarket parts for the same application where their OEM parts are quite good.
I don't know if they re-sell Denso, but they might. More likely, they sell the same Chinese-made junk that Denso buys for some applications. They DO use much poorer builders and processes for some of their aftermarket parts for the same application where their OEM parts are quite good.
I don't work for Bosch . Just here to talk about the good, bad and ugly of cars. We all have different experiences I certainly respect that. I don't doubt your bad experiences with Bosch, but I've had excellent luck with them. Especially the planar types, using them to fix cheap Denso junk related problems like the P0420 converter efficiency problem (no converter replacement necessary). As some pointed out, Honda actually uses Bosch in some cars. Toyota TSBs replaced wideband Denso junk. http://www.boschautoparts.com/Products/OxygenSensors/PlanarO2.htm If Denso junk work then use them. Fram oil filters and Bridgestone tires work for many too. So the owner decides.
I don't work for Bosch . Just here to talk about the good, bad and ugly of cars. We all have different experiences I certainly respect that. I don't doubt your bad experiences with Bosch, but I've had excellent luck with them. Especially the planar types, using them to fix cheap Denso junk related problems like the P0420 converter efficiency problem (no converter replacement necessary). As some pointed out, Honda actually uses Bosch in some cars. Toyota TSBs replaced wideband Denso junk. http://www.boschautoparts.com/Products/OxygenSensors/PlanarO2.htm If Denso junk work then use them. Fram oil filters and Bridgestone tires work for many too. So the owner decides.
Most Hondas use better parts like NGK spark plugs (I prefer NGK Iridium-IX or Laser-Iridiums), Nissin/Findlex/Akebono brake pads, and Gates timing belts, not the cheaper Denso, NBK pads or Mitsuboshi/ Bando that's showing up more unfortunately these days. IMO Denso's lower tech stuff work fine. More sophisticated things like ABS module they still have to use Bosch or licensed builds from Bosch.
Most Hondas use better parts like NGK spark plugs (I prefer NGK Iridium-IX or Laser-Iridiums), Nissin/Findlex/Akebono brake pads, and Gates timing belts, not the cheaper Denso, NBK pads or Mitsuboshi/ Bando that's showing up more unfortunately these days. IMO Denso's lower tech stuff work fine. More sophisticated things like ABS module they still have to use Bosch or licensed builds from Bosch.
wrote in @s9g2000prg.googlegroups.com: I think they come OEM with Denso plugs, like Toyota. And Sumitomo. Unitta, actually. Gates now owns Unitta, but it's still Unitta. Maybe North American-built cars use Gates branded belts. Honda has used Mitsuboshi and Bando as OEM for V-belts and ribbed accessory drive belts respectively for at least twenty years, if not longer.
wrote in @s9g2000prg.googlegroups.com: I think they come OEM with Denso plugs, like Toyota. And Sumitomo. Unitta, actually. Gates now owns Unitta, but it's still Unitta. Maybe North American-built cars use Gates branded belts. Honda has used Mitsuboshi and Bando as OEM for V-belts and ribbed accessory drive belts respectively for at least twenty years, if not longer.
what's wrong with bando? not only are they oem, i've been using them for years and they've been great.
what's wrong with bando? not only are they oem, i've been using them for years and they've been great.
with respect, i think you're confused. just because a sensor is wideband, doesn't mean it's bosch or some kind of re-labeled bosch. so exactly why do you think denso are junk? i've worked with both - not only is denso better build quality, they last longer. i ask because i don't understand what you're looking for that makes the difference to you. if you mean that just because it fudges a "pass" on a smog check because it has looser tolerances aimed for exactly that purpose, /i/ don't think that makes it better quality, i think it makes is a fudge.
with respect, i think you're confused. just because a sensor is wideband, doesn't mean it's bosch or some kind of re-labeled bosch. so exactly why do you think denso are junk? i've worked with both - not only is denso better build quality, they last longer. i ask because i don't understand what you're looking for that makes the difference to you. if you mean that just because it fudges a "pass" on a smog check because it has looser tolerances aimed for exactly that purpose, /i/ don't think that makes it better quality, i think it makes is a fudge.
Wow I'm having that very same code on my 2000 Mazda Protege! Could it be the sensor instead of the converter?
