[tech]: o2 sensor update

[abatzis2@hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

after having no dpr fluctuation, i replaced my o2 sensor last week-it still 
didn't fluctuate, and i wasn't getting a voltage from the black wire. 
figured i got a bad sensor, and replaced today with the same result.  after 
much head scratching, and about to give up, i decided to check the voltage 
from the white heating wires. whaddya know, one of the female ends of the 
harness had slipped down, so one of the white wires had been disconnected. 
hooked it back up and everything worked. ahhh, tuned scirocco. lessons 
learned:
1. the white wires are necessary for o2 sensor to work. i had figured that 
they were just for heating, and that even if disconnected the sensor would 
work a la the 1 wire sensor, but that it would just take longer to heat up. 
not true.
2. the black wire DOES put out a voltage, but it's wicked small. my analog 
meter barely moved from the voltage. it isn't enough to light my led test 
light.
3. this car is finally shaping up, and is starting to feel like it has some 
power. woo hoo.

-michael
87 new scirocco 16v, "getting strooonger!" (<--rocky reference)

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