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Hi All,
Car is accord 2.0 vtec se 77k 2000 W reg.
Problem is engine number F20 B 6. No matter where I look I can't find o2 sensor for this engine apparently all parts for this numbered engine are like gold dust. Have been told that OEM part starts from £120 upwards and Honda dealers £200+, but where to find them is the big problem also don't really want to pay sky high prices for the part when car itself is only worth circa £900.

Therefore if I can;t find reasonable priced part then sadly will have to look at getting rid of trusty accord.

Well done Honda pricing owners of this particular engine to possibly look at other marques as parts don't exist anymore or are priced out of reach especially in relation to year of manufacture and present day values of car.

Any help appreciated
Thanks
 
Have you tried breakers an scrappies yet?
 
Pepster said:
These wideband sensor Honda uses are very sensitive unlike the Germans and the rest with in my eyes are mickey mouse outfits.

No one in the after market has been able to replicate that sensor to a good quality .. so sorry you will have to take the hit and but the proper sensor from a Dealer.

As for pricing that car is no longer in production you will find to pay higher for parts.
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Thanks for reply, however re taking hit from dealer and car no longer in production , I beg to disagree.
The accord has been facelifted since my model and therefore as a model still in production. Unfortunately for me it's that particular engine that is the problem as you can still get parts resonably easy for accord models older than mine. It's the F20 B 6 that's the problem Honda dealers and parts companies agree on this. Also people with older cars that the model has had several facelifts are still able to get parts for most mainstream marques / manufactures
 
Suppose it depends on the size of the production run of that engine variant and the number of sensors that need to be produced to a certain grade.

It is the same story with boiler spares I am afraid. Boiler fans are pretty basic but there are very minor yet important differences. For a boiler that is 10 years old, a fan can cost circa £300 - yet it can be almost identical to another boiler's fan but with different mounting points, or impeller design. Flaming annoying, but there is always a business model behind it somewhere. Even Honda will have to take a view on some things.
 
Dan Robinson said:
Suppose it depends on the size of the production run of that engine variant and the number of sensors that need to be produced to a certain grade.

It is the same story with boiler spares I am afraid. Boiler fans are pretty basic but there are very minor yet important differences. For a boiler that is 10 years old, a fan can cost circa £300 - yet it can be almost identical to another boiler's fan but with different mounting points, or impeller design. Flaming annoying, but there is always a business model behind it somewhere. Even Honda will have to take a view on some things.
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I agree apparently this model variant was only produced for 2 years, however you would think that as it was a limited run production then spares for it would be more available, especially since this sensor issue is an inherrent fault on this model.
 
Granted no pic, but top rated seller

Just 3secs on ebay got this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACCORD-2-0-F20B6-LAMBDA-SENSOR-POST-CAT-/300403284797?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item45f16e5b3d#ht_500wt_922

also this http://www.lambdasensor.co.uk/main/hondantk.htm

Not saying this is the best price or place, but it a start and there IS plenty of parts for f20b6 out there trust me.

Hope this helps
 
A limited production run would indeed mean higher prices. Schoolboy economIcs tells you that.
 
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Surprised it let me type that actually !
 
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Pepster said:
You say your engine code F20 B 6 has been facelift and still in production, could you expand on which model you refering to? hence the huge vagueness?
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Apologies, the model, accord, has been facelifted since my 6th gen but obviously the F20B6 engine ended production.
 
Dan Robinson said:
A limited production run would indeed mean higher prices. Schoolboy economIcs tells you that.
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Fair point there,still thinking though is it worth spending nearly a quarter of the cars value on 1 part, when could part ex and use that money towards purchase of another
 
wilf said:
Fair point there,still thinking though is it worth spending nearly a quarter of the cars value on 1 part, when could part ex and use that money towards purchase of another
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Is it really worth getting rid of a perfectly good car, all because you're too stingy to pay for a part that costs ~£200?
 
Wilf, only you can decide what your motor is worth, in my world with boilers (sorry for the comparison but we use the motor trade the other way round) once you have *****ed £600 fixing a boiler, there needs to be a very clear case for carrying on repairing it if it is over a certain age.

Cars are sightly different because they can evoke a certain character and bond. We have no pictures of your car nor much of its heritage - CJ, Simon (luvmyaccord), Marcus and myself wouldn't think twice on putting £200 into our older motors to keep them on the road. Fair comparison? Dunno...

Depending on what you have spent so far I might consider this the last major spend on non consumable parts.
 
Dude I love my Hondas!
 
wilf said:
Fair point there,still thinking though is it worth spending nearly a quarter of the cars value on 1 part, when could part ex and use that money towards purchase of another
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The other side to this argument is if £200 gets a perfectly working car, that is surely cheaper than getting not what the car is worth in p/x as dealer wants to reclaim the money they have allowed, either at auction or on the forecourt and also make a profit on the new (used) car they are selling you. not withstanding the fact that the car you buy might have another issue, not covered by the limited warranty, which will cost money also.
 
Dave I think Pedro [username skhell] got one for a lot less that worked on this car so you could search his posts or send him a personal message.

I agree with you about the ridiculous Honda parts prices but Accords give top reliability. There is a big second hand parts market too - try www.partsgateway.co.uk.
 
Out of interest, what exactly is different about this O2 sensor to that of other Accords/Hondas?
 
Dunno exactly but the sensor in the 6th Gen 1.8 goes in the cat and in the 2.0 it goes in the exhaust manifold.
 
Attaboy said:
Dave I think Pedro [username skhell] got one for a lot less that worked on this car so you could search his posts or send him a personal message.
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Yeah, I did get a NGK oxygen sensor from ebay for about 70€, including shiping, but I guess yours is quite different from mine. BTW, mine is a year 2000, 1.8 engine(F18B2).
 
Found the ADL-Blueprint reference of the exhaust manifold oxygen sensor for the F20B6(ADH27001C) engine and looked for it at camskill.co.uk and it's really expensive: £204.11

http://camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m30b0s2948p41645
 
http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/direct-fit-lambda-sensors-buy.php

ive got loads of stuff from these guys and its all good quality.
 
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