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[RobG]

Price for genuine is around the £70 mark retail. Anything less unless bought "trade price" is most probably a clone. Did the "sealed" bag have the GM hologram?

[Mercdan]

Yes it had a hologram and it was £65 bought from autovaux wakefield

[05omegav6]

Yes it had a hologram and it was £65 bought from autovaux wakefield

Hmmm...

[Mercdan]

Look fella I came here for some advice, my cars are 90s Mercedes not vauxhalls so I need some guidance....not comments of hmmmmm! Perhaps I'm wasting my time here ?

[Steve B]

What is at doubt here is the supplier (vauxparts) of you cam sensor and on whether it is a genuine one....Owing to there being a lot of cheap one's out there and the only way of being sure you have a genuine one is to walk into a main dealer and buy it over the counter...

When tha cam sensors plays up they chuck loads of random codes up. So therefore its best to be sure that your cam sensor is the proper one before looking elsewhere. 

[Mercdan]

So are vauxparts selling moody parts, and lying to customers?? Do I phone trading standards!? Or is mr part genuine?

[Nick W]

So are vauxparts selling moody parts, and lying to customers?? Do I phone trading standards!? Or is mr part genuine?

Maybe. Possibly. Up to you. Maybe.


If it was in a sealed bag with the correct labelling, then it's probably OK. A poor sensor causes so many odd issues, that the advice of only buying a genuine one directly from a Main Dealer is to save you any further hassle. This also applies to crank sensors across all marques.

[Steve B]

Did the packaging look like this

[05omegav6]

So are vauxparts selling moody parts, and lying to customers?? Do I phone trading standards!? Or is mr part genuine?

They have form, as do other self proclaimed 'genuine' retailers... and you were being evasive with your answer to a simple question.

Only way to be sure is to buy it in person from your nearest dealer. Also, if it doesn't work, you can take it back.

Goodluck returning the Autovaux one.

Incidentally, last one I fitted was local dealer supplied and bagged, not boxed.

[baggers]

Look fella I came here for some advice, my cars are 90s Mercedes not vauxhalls so I need some guidance....not comments of hmmmmm! Perhaps I'm wasting my time here ?

You most likely got that response "hmmmmm" because nobody this side of your post knows the true authenticity of the part you bought even though you say it was in a "genuine package". As an example there are plenty of "genuine" Gates timing belts for sale but unless you know what you are looking for then you won't realise that there is a flood of fakes and they look genuine.
There is collective knowledge on here and I'm sure your not wasting your time but it may take time to collect data and help in the best way possible.

[Mercdan]

Thanks for the replys, the bag was sealed had a gm label on it with a hologram,, I'm away this weekend but when I get home I will be looking for the bag which contains my original sensor , the £10 sensor I bought is going back to be refunded from an eBay seller
The knew one does have fm logo and numbers on it
Again thanks for advice ,Danny

[ronnyd]

I had my cam sensor changed a couple of weeks ago by the guy who does all my repairs. The first one he fitted was supposedly a "genuine OEM sensor" which didn,t clear the slight starting problem that we where trying to eradicate. He then went to Drive Vauxhall in Bury St Edmunds and purchased a genuine GM one and as he said the difference was staggering. So, as others have said, don,t get arsy when people, who are genuinely trying to you, question you as to exactly what you have sourced. Just get the GM one, fit it and see how it goes. Best of luck and hope you had a good weekend away.