[V8] Code 2341 - disconnected OXS, still rough, plus exhaust hissing

[urq]

You really don't need VAG-COM to read codes ... if you have the check engine
light wired up all you need is a jumper wire.  If you don't have MIL you
need a light bulb and a jumper wire ... codes will be cleared after you read
them out with the blink method.  If a problem remains it will generate a new
code.

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)

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V8 #2 got a mostly new exhaust system today: new cats, eliminated the front 
muffler in favor of straight pipe, and whatnot. There was a bunch of rust, 
and if funding was more plentiful, I'd have replaced the rear muffler as 
well, but that's a project for another day. Free-flowing exhaust helps a 
lot; all the knocking/banging sounds have stopped. I've got a new OXS ready 
to go in, too.

I'd pulled code 2341, and after I get the new OXS in, how can I clear the 
codes to see if it pops up again? Do I need to order VAG-COM or something, 
or is there another method I can use?

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> Quick suggestion on the cats. I've replaced several on different cars over

> the years from Jegs.com. I usually pay about $70 or so each, for higher 
> flow units. I've never had a problem passing emissions, either. Although, 
> I've only had to have one checked. Everywhere else I've lived has not had 
> testing. But, I like to replace them on my cars when they get about 20 
> years old or so.
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> Subject: Re: [V8] Code 2341 - disconnected OXS, still rough,plus exhaust 
> hissing
>
>
>> Okie dokie; when I put in a new OXS, I'll use a 4-wire and ground it
>> accordingly. Both cats are dead, it sounds like. I got under there this
>> morning and whacked both of them with a rubber mallet, and there was
>> rattling aplenty. There's also a huge big hole rusted out in the pipe 
>> that
>> connects from the exhaust manifold to the frontmost cat, and the bolts 
>> are
>> totally rusted shut, so I'm gonna just send it out to an exhaust shop
>> locally and let them deal with it.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the 93 is back on the road again. I think I may have decided
>> against doing the 5 speed conversion, so I may have some parts (tranny,
>> pedal cluster, subframe, and driveshaft from a 200) up for sale soon. If
>> anyone in the Pacific Northwest wants the stuff and will come pick it up
>> locally in Portland in the next week or two, give me a holler.
>