Re: performance w/o O2 senseor?

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Owen wrote:
> 
> >if header has the O2 sensor up near the head then it gets warm enough to
> >use the early type single wire kind, if it's down near the Cat (or were
> >the cat _would_ be) then the three wire, heated wire jobie is for you.
> >
> >TBerk
> 
> The hole is up near the head, but will having a heated one effect it at all
> in any bad way?  i guess if it did, i could always just connect the one
> wire, and leave the heat wires off.
> 
> oh, and how do i know if my antiseize compound is O2 sensor safe?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Owen
> 87 Scirocco 16v #38 C-SS.

A heated O2 sensor gets up to operating temp quicker, (it has to be hot
to do a good job) than a single wire one. This is why the ones near the
exhaust manifold were single wires were as the ones farther away were
designed to be "well not Pre", but heated.

Sorry that I don't have a brand name, but any good product would
advertise on the label that it won't affect the platinum in the O2 when
things begin to glow. Gotta check the fine print.

hth,
TBerk

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