Oxygen sensors

[Grant Lenahan]

iron(y) kind
On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Hayes Myers wrote:

> Muffler bearings?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro- 
> bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of cobram at juno.com
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 12:54 PM
> To: radek at istar.ca
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Oxygen sensors
>
> Well, I asked a Porsche mechanic, we all know they're better than
> Mercedes mechanics.  He explained that it all depends on what kind of
> muffler bearings are used in your car.  Since Audi uses the new style
> centrifugal muffler bearings,  which naturally draw air through the
> keebler pin assembly, it's a moot point.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of
> witnesses.
>
>  radek at istar.ca writes:
>> Hi guys;
>>
>> An interesting point came up during my conversations with a Mercedes
>>
>> tech from whom my son was buying his first Audi.  He maintained that
>>
>> the practice of splicing in a generic oxygen sensor to an old
>> connector (something I've been doing for years) is not a good idea
>>
>> because it deprives the sensor from access to outside air, which is
>>
>> used for reference.
>> He said that modern sensors do not have an opening for sampling
>> outside air but instead, get access to it through the wires.
>> Consequently, soldering the wires and sealing the connection closes
>>
>> the opening and the sensor gets no access to outside air.
>>
>> What do you guys make out of this?
>
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