AFR Gauge o2 Sensor

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AdamAnt
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Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:57 am

Hi,

I just bought an Air/Fuel gauge from supercheap, goes very well withteh cars lighting scheme. Got all the wires connected bar one, the o2 signal wire. from what ive read on the net, on a motronic 1.0 car, ecu pin 24 is the o2 connector. so i jam it in and plug it all up, and the gauge acts quite strangely

It goes to Lean/Stoich midpoint when car is in ignition on state. and when car cranks it goes RICH, then settles jsut below Lean/Stoich. THEN, if i put the headlights on it travels toward lean, stereo on, further towards lean.

So weird....

Does anyone knoq what the correct pin is, or better yet wire colour?

Adam
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:54 am

Bump....
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:12 am

I'm assuming your car has an o2 sensor fitted?
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:55 am

If it exists, O2 sensor wire is probably black.
Don't expect to get accurate results from this kind of AFR meter, as the O2 sensor is virtually a switch, producing a voltage output when oxygen is present, and no voltage when it's not.
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:02 am

Yeah it has an o2 Sensor, i connected it into teh ecu harness, im just wondering where the interferance is coming from? Brianmooore, is that because it is a narrowband sensor yes?
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Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:13 am

Probably I have seen a AFR gauge hooked up to a <=4 wire lambda sensor(narrowband) and it was as good as useless. You need to find out whether the cheap gauge can support a wideband sensor. If so, they are becoming quite cheap these days.
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Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:01 pm

ok thanks :)
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