Loss of power is usually a gradual thing that is hard to be felt, but I have been questioning my paranoia about that gradual loss and my nonstop research about trying to find something wrong for years. In the last couple of months, I even started feeling some noise (not rattling, but more like someone having a cold) coming from the exhaust pipes when I start the engine from cold.
I meant more like is the sensors replacement urgent when replacing the converter? or can I just split the job to two parts at two separate months to help make the cost nicer?
I did a fast search and the Denso are half the price of AC Delco, are you sure they are as good?
The lowest hourly labor rate around me here is Midas ($50's/hr) and they are one of the few who would do the universal and, to my surprise, charge the same thing ($130) excluding the sensors. The guy mentioned that only the upstream is a pain to replace, so I'm looking at not more than $200 to get the whole thing as labor in addition to parts. He said, too, that I will need paperwork from the CAT seller that proves that the part fits the car?!
Next door to them is a NAPA store that sells WALKER CAT's that are labeled "non-CARB" because we are in the normal red state of PA. I feel like his request is an attempt from him to get the markup for such a nicely sized part. How should I deal with this?
BTW, WALKER sell the universal for $75 all over the internet, while napa is asking $125!!
