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Mopar O2 Sensors discontinued - other options?

1.8K views 12 replies 11 participants last post by  HighLonesome  
#1 ·
I am needing to replace O2 sensors and saw on some previous posts here that for 96+ (mine is a 1996 with the 5.2) the mopar ones are the way to go and to get them from Kolak. I emailed him yesterday and found out that they were discontinued and that he's only got a handful of the upstream sensors in stock. For the downstream sensor he recommends Denso. I'm not sure I'm sold on the Denso sensor, but I'm also not sure if only getting the upstream Mopar sensor is worth it since its a bit pricier than I want it to be.

Any other recommendations for O2 sensor brands? I know a few individuals have had good luck with some other brands, but haven't seen a general consensus. Hopefully this will also be useful to others in the future who won't have access to the mopar sensors.
 
#3 ·
The upstream sensor is the master O2 sensor for A/F ratio input to the PCM and I would definitely recommend Mopar since it's still available from me at least.

The Mopar downstream sensors have been discontinued for some years now and I've used Denso without any issues.
 
#12 ·
I am running a MOPAR upstream O2 sensor and a DENSO downstream O2 sensor on my own 1998 4.0 ZJ.

After unsuccessfully locating a replacement Mopar downstream O2 sensor, I contacted Kolak and he recommended a Denso sensor, which I purchased from him. My CHECK ENGINE LIGHT turned off and it seems to be working good. :)
 
#4 ·
An order from Kolak is a wise idea. Otherwise I've had luck with Denso and NTK product lines
 
#7 ·
I spent a while researching the NTK ones tonight. Looks like earlier this year they superceded earlier versions with a newer part. Their website says its the same sensor for both upstream and downstream, and I saw that it also works for YJs, XJs and a few other vehicles on a different forum which leads me to believe it doesn't come with a connector. I couldn't find any pictures of the part to verify one way or the other though. So not sure if that's a very viable option right now.

On RockAuto I saw some Walker brand ones that looked promising, anyone have experience with those?

All that to say that I will be going through Kolak to get what I need. Any further input would still be good though so people can reference this discussion in the future.