Thread: Where is the best/cheapest genuine parts in Aust?

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

best/cheapest is a bit of an oxymoron isn't it?

Yes, but I suppose on a sliding scale there’s somewhere that provides a decent part at the best value for money which I think is what the OP was after.

Just the history on this 11MY Evoque SD4.

It was a quoted job I'm doing for one of my customers. When I ran the scan on the car the fault code came up as "#1 Exhaust temp sensor Post Turbo". So I checked the voltage and earth from the ECU. That was good, 5V supply and a good ground. Resistance on the sensor was in the Mega ohms and a visual seen a break on the insulation so I thought sensor bad. Easy'ish fix. I changed out the sensor with an NTK aftermarket sensor but, Yeah nah. The Post Turbo sensor is #2. And #2 sensor is readily available at $120. #1 on the other hand is hard to spot and in the Exhaust manifold.

So as a quoted job and being mobile so they can see exactly what you are doing it's hard to BS them (which I don't do anyway) the cost of the new #1 sensor is on me . And of course the #1 sensor is more expensive and hard to come by as I couldn't find an aftermarket replacement, I had to go genuine.

So as I wait on the replacement to come in I've put a 1.1K ohm resistor in the plug which tells the ECU that the exhaust is 420 degrees and stops it going into limp mode so she can use the car while we wait on delivery. She is a single mum with the Evoque being her only car so we had to try and keep it on the road.

I'm not sure if my work around will have any effect on the DPF regeneration but hopefully the part shouldn't take too long and I can always force a DPF regen when the new sensor is fitted.

Thanks for all the input guys.

P.S The SD4s in the Evoque aren't that much better than the TD4 in a Freelander 2 and the FL2 rides better.