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From: Sarah on 16 Jul 2008 06:39

"Tim.." <the.farm.no(a)spam.btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
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>> "Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
>> news:Q9qdnRi6ztK2TeHVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor had
>>> gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it says
>>> 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction" his
>>> freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm sure I
>>> have no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>>>
>>> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is simple
>>> a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring loom bit
>>> and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug back on ?
>>>
>>> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then
>>> try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>>
>>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a
>>> new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff. He
>>> did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So sure
>>> I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does this
>>> requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>>
>>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>>
>>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>>>
>>
>> Can you clean a lambda ?
>
> You can, and i have had some success doing so, but only usually after
> carbon fouling from an unrelated problem (causing rich mixture) but i
> would suggest in your case to replace the sensor.
>
> Don't be tempted to use a cheap generic one, they dont last very long, and
> often give running and emissions related problems.
>
> Tim..
>
>

He managed to find a genuine this morning on shelf at car place, they said
exactly the same thing to. And it has all the connector block bitsies so
their is so soldering involved as with cheaper ones.


From: Slider on 16 Jul 2008 06:37

"Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Slider wrote:
>> "Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
>> news:Q9qdnRi6ztK2TeHVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor
>>> had gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and
>>> it says 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical
>>> malfunction" his freind said its the one before the cat (whatever
>>> that is, I'm sure I have no animals under my bonet, not that I check
>>> lol) There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is
>>> simple a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring
>>> loom bit and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug
>>> back on ? I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it
>>> overnight
>>> then try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>>
>>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for
>>> a new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car
>>> stuff. He did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4
>>> aswell. So sure I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one
>>> in or does this requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>>
>>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>>
>>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>>>
>>
>> �127 + vat!!!! where from?
>> I had to change two on my golf v6 4motion and they cost me about �83
>> + vat each - from VW. Fitting, I took it to a VW specialist who
>> charged an hours labour (�35). Is the �127 + vat price the price the
>> garage has told you. Suggest you check with VW.
>
> some vw ones are that much, vw polo one for instance
>

Yes, but the �127 was for a mk4 golf, as were the two I bought for �83 each.
To the OP, do you know the engine type code of your car (first 3 characters
of your engine number, will be something like AEH, AGZ, AUE...) I have ETKA
(VW/Audi parts software) and can check part numbers etc


From: Sarah on 16 Jul 2008 06:41

"Slider" <slider(a)slide.com> wrote in message news:g5keeh$f16$1(a)aioe.org...
>
> "Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
> news:Q9qdnRi6ztK2TeHVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor had
>> gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it says
>> 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction" his
>> freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm sure I have
>> no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>>
>> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is simple
>> a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring loom bit and
>> fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug back on ?
>>
>> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then try
>> and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>
>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a new
>> one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff. He did
>> my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So sure I'm he
>> can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does this requite some
>> special tool other than a spanner ?
>>
>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>
>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>>
>
> �127 + vat!!!! where from?
> I had to change two on my golf v6 4motion and they cost me about �83 + vat
> each - from VW. Fitting, I took it to a VW specialist who charged an
> hours labour (�35). Is the �127 + vat price the price the garage has told
> you. Suggest you check with VW.
>
>

That quote was from VW. Why on earth owuld they quote that much more! gits!

No that �127 was just for one genuine lambda sensor.

Bloomin ek


From: Sarah on 16 Jul 2008 06:42

"Slider" <slider(a)slide.com> wrote in message news:g5kj5p$1kc$1(a)aioe.org...
>
> "Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:02kfk.27694$E41.19663(a)text.news.virginmedia.com...
>> Slider wrote:
>>> "Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Q9qdnRi6ztK2TeHVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor
>>>> had gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and
>>>> it says 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical
>>>> malfunction" his freind said its the one before the cat (whatever
>>>> that is, I'm sure I have no animals under my bonet, not that I check
>>>> lol) There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is
>>>> simple a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring
>>>> loom bit and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug
>>>> back on ? I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it
>>>> overnight
>>>> then try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>>>
>>>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for
>>>> a new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car
>>>> stuff. He did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4
>>>> aswell. So sure I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one
>>>> in or does this requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>>>
>>>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>>>
>>>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>>>>
>>>
>>> �127 + vat!!!! where from?
>>> I had to change two on my golf v6 4motion and they cost me about �83
>>> + vat each - from VW. Fitting, I took it to a VW specialist who
>>> charged an hours labour (�35). Is the �127 + vat price the price the
>>> garage has told you. Suggest you check with VW.
>>
>> some vw ones are that much, vw polo one for instance
>>
>
> Yes, but the �127 was for a mk4 golf, as were the two I bought for �83
> each. To the OP, do you know the engine type code of your car (first 3
> characters of your engine number, will be something like AEH, AGZ, AUE...)
> I have ETKA (VW/Audi parts software) and can check part numbers etc
>

OO that would be really handy. The engine number is AZD.

Thanks Slider.


From: Slider on 16 Jul 2008 06:51

"Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
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> "Slider" <slider(a)slide.com> wrote in message news:g5keeh$f16$1(a)aioe.org...
>>
>> "Sarah" <sarah(a)here.com> wrote in message
>> news:Q9qdnRi6ztK2TeHVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>> OO hubbys car had a problem today. The Oxygen sensor \ lamba sensor had
>>> gone to oxy heaven. He scanned it with a diagnostic thingy and it says
>>> 17604 oxygen lambda sensor circuit b1 s1 electrical malfunction" his
>>> freind said its the one before the cat (whatever that is, I'm sure I
>>> have no animals under my bonet, not that I check lol)
>>>
>>> There is a bit of room to get at the sucker (his words) but it is simple
>>> a case of just un screwing it after youdisconnect the wiring loom bit
>>> and fitting the replacement and putting the elctrical plug back on ?
>>>
>>> I said maybe he should spray it with WD40 and leave it overnight then
>>> try and unscrew the thingy magig.
>>>
>>> I nearly spat a chocolate digestive when he said its �127 + vat for a
>>> new one and �60 for a garage to fit it. Hes quite handy at car stuff. He
>>> did my front brakes, and brake slight switch on a mk4 aswell. So sure
>>> I'm he can unscrew a blobby thing and put a new one in or does this
>>> requite some special tool other than a spanner ?
>>>
>>> He can clear the fault on his scanner tool/
>>>
>>> ooo this is for his mk4 golf 1.6 2001 his daily runner.
>>>
>>
>> �127 + vat!!!! where from?
>> I had to change two on my golf v6 4motion and they cost me about �83 +
>> vat each - from VW. Fitting, I took it to a VW specialist who charged an
>> hours labour (�35). Is the �127 + vat price the price the garage has
>> told you. Suggest you check with VW.
>>
>>
>
> That quote was from VW. Why on earth owuld they quote that much more!
> gits!
>
> No that �127 was just for one genuine lambda sensor.
>
> Bloomin ek
>

Looks like prices have gone up then on Lambda sensors since the last time I
bought mine. The V6 4 motion has 4 O2 sensors (2 before cat, 2 after).
I got rid of the V6 due to 'common problems' associated with all mk4 golf's,
it cost me a fortune in the 12 months I owned it.

Part number for the lambda sensor is 036 906 262 J


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