Sensor
Bosch oxygen sensor
An oxygen sensor (or O2 sensor) is a component within your vehicle that is used to provide vital information to your vehicle’s computer system. The most important data that is transferred is the fuel-to-air ratio your vehicle is operating at. You will want your vehicle to be steadily around 14.7:1 fuel-to-air ratio but this cannot [...]
Glass break sensor
Burglary and break ins are very scary. Whether they happen in your home or to your car you can lose a lot of valuable possessions. Preventing someone from breaking in your home or car is the best way to avoid losing your valued items or being harmed by a burglar. Many people are unaware of [...]
MAP sensor
If you are an American, chances are you live in a suburb. And if you live in a suburb, chances aren’t good that you have access to viable public transportation that will get you everywhere you need to go. For that reason, you probably rely on your car for quite a bit of your transportation [...]
Camshaft sensor
If you are anything like most Americans, you rely on your car to get you through your day. With most urban areas so spread out and ringed by suburbs, the common pattern for commuting to work is for a person to live in the suburbs and drive into the city in the morning and then [...]
Brake pad wear sensor
When it comes to maintenance on our vehicles, keeping the brakes in proper working order is a must. Letting the brakes on your car become worn down is very dangerous. Being in a situation where you must hit the brakes suddenly and your petal is to the floor and the car is still not slowing [...]
Throttle position sensor
The throttle position sensor is responsible for monitoring where the throttle is positioned within the internal combustion engine. You can find the throttle position sensor attached to the butterfly spindle on most designs. By having the throttle position sensor on the butterfly spindle it will allow it to easily monitor where the throttle valve butterfly [...]
Camshaft position sensor
Electronic fuel injection systems rely on a number of sensors to control the delivery of the fuel and air mixture to the engine. One of these is the camshaft position sensor which uses the hall effect principle to detect when a magnet on the camshaft passes in front of it. Although it has no moving [...]
Tachometer
Whether you have a need for speed or you want to stay on top of your fuel economy, consider installing a high-level tachometer, which will accurately measure the speed of your automobile in a variety of driving situations. Located on the dashboard, the tachometer measures the action of the engine drive shaft in revolutions per [...]
Reverse parking sensor
The reverse parking sensor is known by many different names such as auto reversing distance detection system, backup sensor, reverse alert system, and more. While these systems are known by many different names, the come in very handy and can help you avoid those collisions that seem to happen very easily when you are backing [...]
Mass air flow sensor
On every vehicle there are a variety of sensors that are designed to relay information back to the computer. These various sensors then work together with the computer to make sure that the vehicle runs as it should. One of these information gathering parts is the mass air flow sensor, which is a component of [...]
