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i am getting charged $440 for a days labour looking for the problem

and a new oxygen sensor fitted. this sounds very expensive to me.

am i getting ripped off?? does anyone know how much a new oxygen sensor is??

i like my pockets fat not flat

BS!! way overpriced.

Genuine sensor is under $200 plus 30min fitting (max) so lets say $80/hr and call it $250 all up

EL falcon sensor I got for $60 and paid an auto elec $50 to wire it in for me as the plug needed cutting etc around $110 all up

$440? did you get a small favour in the back lane as well?

Dude I just fitted a universal 18mm Zirconium type to my GT-t, it works just fine and cost $56 and 15mins to fit. Fitting just involved cutting the plug off the old one, using the supplied crimps to attach the new one.

This is the type I got, they're Highflow brand

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OXYGEN-02-SENSOR-3-...9QQcmdZViewItem

it took them a day to figure out that the oxygen sensor was stuffed :blink: What exactly was the problem in the first place? That might straighten things out becaase f**k paying over $400 to put a oxygen sensor in!!!! My mate got a oxygen sensor from nissan then drove over to a mechanics and they preety much handed him the tool to do it himself. Obviously they saw no point in charging someone for such an easy job.

genuine is 180 rrp - trade is less. labour - you're talking 10 minutes. you don't even have to take the heatshield off.

I would feel bad charging someone to do that. I'd just do it for free - pr - encourage them to come back next time. or charge then $10 labour or something.

having said that though, you have paid them for some diagnostic time. If your mechanic doens't have a scantool, I wouldn't have got them to diagnose it though. mucking aroudn with a multimeter takes ages, and wastes your money.

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