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How come the green coolant temp. sensor is so expensive now? The list price at ECS is now $25; it

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Old 12-01-2006, 03:43 AM
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Default How come the green coolant temp. sensor is so expensive now? The list price at ECS is now $25; it
used to be only ~ $5 or so!

WTF! Is this like the jump in prices on the VW O2 sensors?
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Yup... VW/Audi raised the price on those a few months ago.
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They realized that the B5 is getting higher miles and the CTS is gonna die.
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We've got them at a fairly reasonable price still.
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