Peter Parker wrote: : In article , : Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote: :>dave wrote: :>:>From: Chicago Paddling-Fishing snipped-for-privacy@ripco.com :>:>Date: 11/17/2004 7:31 AM Central Standard Time :>:>Message-id: :>:>
:>:>(My car is a 86 GTI with a 2.0 aba bottom and new 1.8 head) :>:>
:>:>Just went out to drive the highschoolers to school and the OXG warning :>:>light never went off... being that we are in the mid-moved state I have :>:>no idea where the car books are... :>:>
:>:>Any danger driving for a few days with that light on? It actually ran :>:>better than it has since we put in the air/fuel mixture gauge... but :>:>don't wanna damage anything since the motor is all new from January... :>:>
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:>: Is that the OXS light possibly? Might come on with a counter timer either on a :>
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:>Yep... blurry vision or memory in the early am ;-) :>: box or in the speedo cluster. Just comes on to indicate you should check the :>: 02 sensor and possibly change it, then reset the timer. :>
:>: I think the 1 wire 02 sensor lasts maybe 30K miles while a 3 or more wire 02 :>: sensor should last maybe 60K miles. :>: You probably have the 1 wire 02 sensor which is luckily inexpensive compared to :>: a 3 wire 02. :>
:>: I could be wrong since I have not seen an 86 GTi in awhile. :-) :>
:>It's got a appointment for tomorrow just in case... thanks!
: If you really have a 2.0L ABA, then you have and A3 and probably OBD-1, if : you only have one 02 sensor. That being said, it's a three wire... Now it : might not be the sensor but the connector on top of the rear motor mount : which has the white data wire on the end. This wire usually gets frayed : and breaks. Check it by gentley pulling and see if it pops off the connector. : If this happens you have to take out the rubber grommet and carefully solder : the wire back on. Make sure the grommet is on the wire before you solder.
: It will probably happen again because you need a new motor mount. You can : also add an extension which I did which helps. I had mine go a second time : and then I added the wire extension. I need to chance the motor mounts : but in the mean time this will help with the O2.
: I'll bill the dealership later....
Well, it was kinda put together in january... i had a rod knock, i bought a new "unused surplus" 1.8 GTI head and the mechanic sourced a 2.0aba bottom end from a wrecked vw... i know there was a adapter for the distributer to get it to work, not sure about the rest as far as whats stock and what's not since it was a big job... vfc-engineering did it for me.
30 to 33 mpg driving around chicago as a commuter car... (mixed highway/city)