New coolant temp sensor - eBay or oem vw?

[Itguy]

Hi everyone

Considering there is such a large price difference between a new eBay coolant temp sensor and a genuine vw one, are the eBay ones any good or just rubbish?

Thanks

[Joesoap]

Buy it once, buy it from Volkswagen 
Any time I have to change sensors for people I only use dealer parts as euro parts or e bay you are paying for s h_it

[doylebros]

I tried one from eBay - sensor worked perfectly however the Oring was just too small.

I would try here

http://www.germanautopartsdirect.co.uk/AUDI-A4/S4/RS4-2002-2008-ELECTRICAL/c1_24_130/index.html?osCsid=qr6pm7nqju0pbshiqvhuirokn6

[Itguy]

There's just such a massive difference in price - I cannot believe the one that is £7 as opposed to the VW OEM at £30 is exactly the same item. It must be a grey copy.

I think I am inclined to go genuine, only because I can't be bothered to do the job twice if the cheap one turns out to be rubbish - plus I don't have access to VCDS so if anything is slightly different about the £7 one to OEM, I can't reset anything!

[Degudodger]

Agree. Sometimes it's just not worth buying patten parts. On my last Mk4 GTi I replaced the green top coolant sensor with a non VW part and ended up replacing it three times in a year as they kept on failing. Bought a genuine one from VW which the problem.

[andybon]

Go for genuine. Best to call into your local tps as you get the whole housing and sensor, not just the sensor on it's own

[timwills17]

Try ECP. They got some items close to OEM


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[xjay1337]

No

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING OTHER THAN GENUINE MAFS, SENSORS, THERMOSTATS, ETC.

Always 100% fail. Many are broken from new. Many break within a matter of months. Not worth the hassle.. buy genuine every 3-4 years maybe or buy fake every 3-4 months.