'86 CGT oxy sensor

[Chris Yetman]

I also just replaced my 1 wire with a 3 wire in an '86CGT, I used a F**d
part from Autozone, Bosch and everything.  The connector was there and
everything.  Right now I am waiting for the car to get out of the shop, it
had a bad wheelbearing, and it cooked the hub.  The dealer said $390 for the
hub, Blau said $42.95, but sent the wrong one, so after a week I still don't
have the car on the road yet, I just found out yesterday that Blau can't get
the right hub at this time.  So I had to buy a complete used strut housing
from a local junkyard in hopes that it will have a good useeable hub on it.
Ahh the joys/frusterations of owning a 15 year old car with parts hard to
find and expensive.  That putsa my total for the last month up to about
$1750 in parts.

Just venting over a week and I still don't have my car back,
Chris 
'82 Cpe needs radiator 
'86 CGT new front end

-----Original Message-----
From: Ameer Antar [mailto:ameer at snet.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 12:06 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: '86 CGT oxy sensor


that's funny cuz my friend has a '86 that also has a one-wire. I guess it 
must be real common for people to switch sensors....that's pretty weird, I 
wonder who convinced em it was ok to use 1 vs. 3. Check w/ Rod at 
thepartsconnection and he can tell you what you're supposed to have. They 
have good prices, but I've heard some stores like PepBoys and Autozone can 
get cheaper ones, and you don't have to wait for the part.

-ameer


At 02:43 AM 10/3/00, you wrote:
>Wrongo!  Audi was well entrenched into 3-wire OXS' in 1986.  Apologies for
>being a bit abrupt, but please remember that someone reading the post might
>have believed you to be correct and installed a 1-wire OXS in their car to
>save $$$.  Unfortunately, the other thing that Audi did was to mount the
OXS
>a bit farther downstream in the exhaust ... depending upon the heater to
>ensure proper operation of the OXS.  When I bought my '85 4kSQ the car
never
>really ran well ... when I dropped the cat (yes that's where the OXS is
>mounted on this car!) I found the PO had installed a one wire OXS in place
>of the requisite 3-wire.  After chasing down a set of replacement heater
>wires (thanks Chris Semple!) I was able to fit a universal 3-wire
>replacement ... and the car runs like a champ!
>
>While you are right that the ECU will ignore the OXS until the engine warms
>up, if you install a 1-wire in a car which is supposed to have a 3-wire the
>ECU will start reacting to the OXS when the engine warms up ... but the OXS
>will not be operating properly as it is not at the correct temperature!
Get
>a 3-wrie replacement Craig ... you will definitely see a difference in the
>way your engine runs ... and the fuel economy will probably improve as well
>...
>
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> > in '86 audi was using unheated sensors, so it's prolly correct. The
extra
> > unused connector you see is the CIS OXS duty cycle for setting the
mixture
> > and CO level. Even if you put a 3-wire in, the ECU won't do anything w/
>the
> > signal till the thermoswitch triggers. So unless you swapped ecu's too,
>you
> > wouldn't benefit. The poor mileage is prolly combination of things...bad
>o2
> > sensor, spark plugs, fuel filter, fuel injectors, engine compression,
>vacc.
> > leaks, etc.
> >
> > try replacing the cheap stuff first and inspect the whole thing
> > carefully...good luck.
> >
> > -ameer
> >
> >
> > At 10:11 PM 10/2/00, you wrote:
> > >With all this oxy sensor talk, I know my '86 CGT is in need of a new
one.
>It
> > >currently has a one wire sensor in it now. I noticed that while this 1
>wire
> > >sensor plugs directly into a single socket plug on the factory harness,
> > >there is a 2 wire socket on the same harness that is unused. Does the
'86
> > >CGT take a 3 wire heated sensor, or is the 1 wire one correct? I've
>looked
> > >in the family album, and its inconclusive. I am hoping replacing this
>sensor
> > >will correct the horrible idle problems and the poor gas mileage (~12
mpg
> > >according to the trip computer). TIA.
>
>
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