o2 sensors

[steveskeggy]

I have a few codes that say I need to replace what looks like 4 O2 sensors, these are 0162 0142 1167 1142.
These codes translate to bank 2 sensor 3, bank 1 sensor 3, bank1 sensor 1 and bank 1 sensor 2.
Am I right in saying that bank 1 is the drivers side (on the right side sitting inside the car)?
I suspect that sensor 1 would be nearest the engine before first the cat in the downpipe, and sensor 2 would be after the first cat and before the second cat and sensor 3 would be after the second cat, is this correct?

What are your thoughts on universal sensors? I have spent too much on this car already without spending another £400+ and the difference between that and spending less than half that will be the difference between me keeping it, and it been on e-bay next week.

 

[jaymanek]

Do not buy universal sensors, they hardly work and if they do they only last days..

Buy Bosch only... good price from aftermarket suppliers such as ECP, GSF etc.

I would change number 1's first as I doubt you have that many gone!

 

[steveskeggy]

Update.
I had a MB free week last week and ran the Lexus for the last time before sale (it was like drivind a marshmallow bus after the S class).
Meanwhile I contacted Just Lambda, an operation in Hull just down the road from me.
They have 3 sensors that match the pre-cat n the 600, oem Bosch, universal Bosch and a universal made by Walker.
The difference between the oem and universal Bosch was only twenty quid, but if I had needed multiple sensors it would have made a lot of difference in price.
I asked the the guy at Just Lambda and he said that the universal Bosch was a good one and they had sold quite a few with no come backs.
So I ordered one (if it was no good then I would rather have just lost 78 quid than 400) and I put it in this morning.
The joining of the wires was a bit of a faff, but in all it took about an hour, the old sensor was sooted badly so I am guessing that the car was running very rich.
Joy of joys, I am now down to one fault code!
Its a 1167, which I understand is another o2 sensor, but not sure which one (other side post cat?).
So it looks like I am nearly on top of it, considering that when I got the car it had twelve fault codes!