Are AIP Elctronics products reliable?
I'm buying a Honda passport 1996. It needs a battery and crankshaft sensor. I found a crankshaft sensor carried by AIP Electronics for $30 roughly. Autozone and advanced auto parts carry one that costs $175. I'm just wondering if I would be better off to buy the higher priced one, or buy the one that is less expensive and could possibly be just as good as the one costing $175?
You think that you have found one for $30. Look what I've found: From $18 and up.:
http://www.ebay.com/...rt&sacat=0
Of course as a repair shop owner, I normally avoid part that aren't OEM when it come to electronic/ electrical parts; specially the After market (AM) cheaper ones. They tend to make with different material, will not last as long and the main reason is those AM electronic parts tend to throw off the "Preset parameters" of the PCM/ECM (Power train Control Module/ Engine Control Module)
But in your case and if it's my own van (19 yrs old), I do not mind to put one on. Heck, for $18: I do not loose that much, as long as it fix the van; specially with a part warranty include:
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