O2 sensor, 80Q - dumb question

[ODIE]

your O2 sensor is between the cat. and the engine head right around the
header, yes you want the pipes cold so you do not burn yourself.
you will want to jack up the front of the car and support it with jack
stands.
slide yourself under the car and follow the egsaust pipes untill you see a
wire sticking out.
the wire is attached to the O2 sensor.

good luck.......

ODIE :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Tessie McMillan <tessmc at drizzle.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: O2 sensor, 80Q - dumb question


> I know this is going to seem like a dumb issue, but here goes:
>
> I have my new O2 sensor and I need to install it this week. When my
exhaust
> was being replaced and they had everything sawed off, I could see the
inside
> portion of the old O2 sensor sticking down into the the pipe in front of
the
> cat. I couldn't see where the top of the sensor is, and the Bentley
doesn't
> help much. It shows the exploded diagram of the exhaust and the O2 sensor
> seems like it is on top of the pipe to the catalytic converter. I can't
see
> anything just by looking under the car without jacking it up.
>
> How do you find the O2 sensor? Does anything need to be disassembled? I'm
> trying to figure out if I could get at it by jacking up the front of the
car
> or one side of the car. I'm also wondering if the exhaust has to be cold
to
> do this.
>
> Thanks, and apologies for sounding so dense.
>
> Tess
> Seattle WA U.S.A.
>
>