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Test Harness for Air/Fuel Ratio read while driving.



That's what I'm thinking but what I don't know is if it will give any more
or usable data while driving rather than just sitting in the driveway.

On 1/16/06, Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:
>
> Don,
> I don't see why you couldn't hook up the DPR test harness and get longer
> test leads, and run it through to your interior.  Get a small digital
> multimeter and Velcro it to your dash. Or something like that!
> Nate
>
>
> Don Walter wrote:
> > I know about those devices.  They measure voltage.  The output of the
> test
> > harness is in mA.  I was just wondering if anyone had ever thought of
> trying
> > this.
> >
> > On 1/16/06, Rick Kellner <rfkellner@snet.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Don, do a search on 'Stoichiometric' gauge or meter and you will come up
> >>with a few gauges for monitoring a/f.
> >>Here is one:
> >>
> >>http://www.gadgetseller.com/gauges/techinfo.htm
> >>
> >>Rick.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: scirocco-l-bounces+rfkellner=snet.net@scirocco.org
> >>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+rfkellner=snet.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of
> >>Don Walter
> >>Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 12:55 PM
> >>To: Scirocco List
> >>Subject: Test Harness for Air/Fuel Ratio read while driving.
> >>
> >>I had a thought the other day when my son and I were trying to figure
> >>out
> >>why after his car starts to warm up it is losing power (sometimes).  We
> >>were
> >>going to install the test harness again to check the A/F mA to see if
> >>that
> >>was still okay.  Then, I began to think maybe we could extend the wires
> >>to
> >>inside the car so that we could monitor it while he was driving then it
> >>could be checked while under load or other conditions.  Has any one ever
> >>tried this?  Would it give any different results than just increasing
> >>the
> >>RPM's sitting in the driveway.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> >>1984 8V Audi 4000s (lastest addition)
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> >>1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
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> >>1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> >>1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
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> >>1969 Beetle (sold)
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> > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > 1984 8V Audi 4000s (lastest addition)
> > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
> > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Beetle (sold)
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1984 8V Audi 4000s (lastest addition)
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (Ben's Car)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)