A/F Gauge Wiring Hookup?

[mabatzis at gmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

can you just plug in a wide band sensor, and splice to a/f
gauge/electronics? or do you need the wide band for a/f and narrow
band for computer?

On 8/1/05, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
> I guess I don't understand.
> The O2 sensor only has one wire and it doesn't produce a voltage unless it's
> hot.
> Perhaps the power required to drive the electronics in the qauge was wired
> so it always had 12V instead of being switched 12V.
> As far as the temp and pressure gauges, if the current sender is compatible
> with the gauge i.e. it has the correct resistance curve, then I imagine you
> could splice them.
> 
> BTW, a narrow band O2 sensor is really pretty useless when it comes to
> tuning a turbo engine. It only indicates if you're richer or leaner than
> stoichiometric with no indication by how much. Easy way to burn up some
> pistons.
> Dan
> 
> From: "Brian Spinney" <vw_85roccoZ400@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 11:14 AM
> Subject: A/F Gauge Wiring Hookup?
> 
> 
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > I am about to reinstall my A/F gauge into my new Scirocco even thought I
> > should just buy a digital volt gauge which reads low voltage.  However my
> > founds are low right now, so I was wondering how to wire my A/F gauge with
> > the single wire 02 Sensor?
> > In my last car it wasn't wired correctly and there would be power to the
> > wire with the car off.
> >
> > Also one last question for those of you running pressure gauges and
> > temperature gauges such as oil pressure and coolant temperature do you
> > splice the stock line into the new line which runs to the sending unit?
> >
> > Thanks alot
> > -Brian
> > '85 Scirocco 8VT
> > vw_85roccoZ400@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
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