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Duff V6 GM Crank Sensor!
johnnydog:
--- Quote from: Nick W on 17 April 2021, 18:25:26 ---You've misunderstood the reason for buying a genuine GM part by walking into a dealer.
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The reasons and benefits of buying a genuine VX part direct from a VX dealer are quite obvious, and apart from virtually guaranteeing the item is a genuine GM part, you would also expect it to work as intended / designed. So, no, I have not misunderstood the recommendations as to the sourcing of a sensor relative to their supposed reliability. I mentioned the points about being a genuine sensor/ dealer / walking into it to reduce the chances of these now 'repetitive' points possibly being raised.
Nick W:
--- Quote from: johnnydog on 17 April 2021, 21:41:27 ---
--- Quote from: Nick W on 17 April 2021, 18:25:26 ---You've misunderstood the reason for buying a genuine GM part by walking into a dealer.
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The reasons and benefits of buying a genuine VX part direct from a VX dealer are quite obvious, and apart from virtually guaranteeing the item is a genuine GM part, you would also expect it to work as intended / designed. So, no, I have not misunderstood the recommendations as to the sourcing of a sensor relative to their supposed reliability. I mentioned the points about being a genuine sensor/ dealer / walking into it to reduce the chances of these now 'repetitive' points possibly being raised.
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???
I've read your post several times, and still can't decide if you're agreeing, or disagreeing with me as you've just re-phrased everything I wrote.
johnnydog:
I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with your comments - I am just stating the facts as they happened to me.
Genuine dealer - genuine part - expectation that it works as intended.
Alternative purchase options were -
EBay / Amazon (of advertised GM / Bosch item) - possibility of a genuine part but some suggest could be fakes (although all my past Bosch purchases on Ebay have been genuine parts) with fingers xd's that it works as intended.
EBay/ Amazon purchase of non genuine / aftermarket part - likelihood of early failure a possibility / reality?
So I don't really know why you are picking holes in the facts as I explained them - VX dealer, genuine part, high expectations that that it should work. Unfortunately it didn't. Simple really.
Doctor Gollum:
Meanwhile in other news...
It would seem that the issue isn't with the part failing or from whence it came but the opportunity to have a dig a tried and tested advice.
Buy the next one from Faceachebook market place and then spend the next six months going on about how good it is because I didn't suggest it. ;D
Buy ensuring that you buy a genuine one, you minimise the likelihood of a failure. My memory is fading but I suspect that it is the second genuine one, (purchased from a genuine Vauxhall dealer that you genuinely have to walk in to) that has failed since I first joined the forum in 2009. Whereas buying them anywhete else is a crapshoot with 50/50 odds of it lasting a month.
johnnydog:
--- Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 18 April 2021, 00:29:10 ---
It would seem that the issue isn't with the part failing or from whence it came but the opportunity to have a dig a tried and tested advice.
Buy the next one from Faceachebook market place and then spend the next six months going on about how good it is because I didn't suggest it. ;D
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You're being bit over sensitive I think.... :)
Had I just stated I had fitted a brand new Vauxhall sensor and it was faulty / didn't work, I am certain that the usual reply about buying any other than a genuine part from a genuine Vauxhall dealer that you genuinely have to walk into' would have been the first point raised.....
Mentioning it from the outset saved it having to be asked - and confirmed that I had adhered to the recommendations.....
I wouldn't even have considered fitting an aftermarket electrical part bought on the Internet, especially the crank sensor.
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