- NGK plug wires (found the spark plugs just fine and picked up the NGK platinums, but can't seem to find their wires anywhere)
- Royal Purple ATX fluid
- fuel filter (Napa DID quote me about $37 for it - it's just that I had to their location on the other end of the city to pick it up, but still, doesn't $37 seem a little high for a fuel filter?? Does anyone know of a cheaper fuel filter than that or am I just gonna have to eat the Napa one?)
- water pump
- O2 sensors
With respect to the O2 sensors, I didn't realize those would be so damn expensive either. Before I follow through and decide to replace these, how do I know it's time to replace them? I mean, I don't blow any smoke as far as I know, my CEL is clear of any codes.... the only symptom I can think of would be a bit of rough idle that I'm having when stopped at lights or when I give the car a "warm start" - as in, I've ran the car for at least 10 minutes of driving, got to where I was going, parked and shut it off for anywhere between 5 minutes to an hour, go back and start it up again and it kinda has a soft startup..... it cranks and all, just seems like it's a bit of a slow crawl to get ignited, then idles at less than 1000RPMs. Mind you I only have this on "warm starts" as I said, and especially lately just cuz the weather's warmer. On the first start of the day, or simply if I've just left the car parked and off for more than 4 hours, I don't get any of those symptoms, nor have I ever experienced any of it while I was driving it through the winter. So clearly, it's a temperature related issue. But how do I know if this has anything to do with O2 sensors? For all I know, it could just be old plugs, which I intend to replace soon anyways. My point with this is, does it sound like I need new O2 sensors? If not, is it worth the $200+ to replace them just to improve my fuel economy??
Anyway, getting back on track there, where can I find these parts in Edmonton and/or Calgary?? Or am I gonna HAVE to go online for those things if I don't want to pay dealership to get them for me? Thanks in advance!!!
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