Re: Oxy sensor probs

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 08:44 PM 6/4/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Well this might sound really stupid but I cannot find the wire that 
>plugs into the oxy sensors wire.  I know where it should be but its 
>not there.  Incase you havn't been following my saga I just finished 
>putting a 1.8 in my 80 scirocco.

If your 80 Scirocco didnt have an ox sensor to begin with, then it wont 
have a wire to plug one into, right? (or am I reading this wrong.) Do 
you have CIS?? Or is it a points system? 

>When I start the car it idles fine and the EGR lights doesn't come 
>on.  When I look in the bently it says the "smog" sciroccos should 
>have a oxy sensor and it isn't a smog scirocco.  The old exhaust 
>manifold had a oxy sensor but I don't remember if it was plugged in.
>What happens if you run without a oxy sensor?


Not using an ox sensor on a non smog car will be fine. Unless you also 
removed the EGR valve too. (Where is it on the non smog cars? 
Now, if your car had a ox sensor and you simply unplugged it, your car 
would run 100% rich, get crappy gas mileage, leave carbon deposits all 
inside the engine/exhaust system and worst of all, have bad power. The 
ox sensor on the cars that came with them are like little guys 
constantly monitoring the exhayst temps and gasses comming out of the 
engine. Its like hes constantly tweeking on the fuel mixture to keep it 
running clean and at its peak efficiency. 

So, to be smog legal, you either need the EGR valve, or the ox system. 
Unless the case is you must have which ever smog system came with 
whatever enginer you have. If this is the case, then you will need to 
find and graph into your car the CIS system from any later Scirocco or 
earler smog Scirocco. (and dont forget to get the distributor too. 
<Cool, you'll get electronic ignition!).
HTH!!


Shawn
86' Jetta GLi
82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and 
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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