Simple Question

[Jemison Richard]

I'm another newbie and I also am interested in the answer to this and have
been looking for a response.  Sorry, but you have to start somewhere!

Rick J

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	WILMAN [SMTP:wilman at hkabc.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 13, 1998 7:38 PM
> To:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:	Re: Simple Question
> 
> 
> 
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> > From: justin w ivan und stnt <jwi0939 at megahertz.njit.edu>
> > To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> > Subject: Simple Question
> > Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 8:10 AM
> > 
> > Was wondering if you guys could help out a newbie. What conditions would
> > occur if a 4-cyl efi motor (VW 1.8L supercharged from the factory) were
> to
> > not have the O2 sensor hooked up? Would the car run rich, lean just
> plain
> > crappy. Does a working O2 sensor vs. a non-working one really make that
> > much of a difference? My car is running like garbage right now and
> besides
> > the timing being off, the O2 sensor is also very suspect. 
> >    Please reply privately, I don't want to annoy any one wi/ my simple
> > question.
> > 
> >    Thanks,
> > Justin Ivan
> > 
> > 
> I have worked on quite a few Mk3 Golfs here although none had the
> supercharger.
> The car should run rich without the lambda sensor connected. It should not
> affect
> actual running that much though. I suspect there must be something wrong
> with 
> either one of the more important sensors (e.g. throttle potentiometer,
> coolant temp
> sensor or air flow/mass sensor). Have you checked the fault code stored? 
> If you are serious about your VW, I think you should buy the VWtool by
> Carcomp.
> 
> Wilman Lee
> 
>