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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: ironmaidensr on 27 December 2009, 00:49

Title: Faulty Lambda Sensor?
Post by: ironmaidensr on 27 December 2009, 00:49: From time to time I get yellow indicator lighten up. Car have cat removed. Can it be lambda is not good?

Can bad lambda influence fuel consumption?
Title: Re: Faulty Lambda Sensor?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 27 December 2009, 01:09: Quote from: ironmaidensr on 27 December 2009, 00:49
From time to time I get yellow indicator lighten up. Car have cat removed.

What's car?

Quote from: ironmaidensr on 27 December 2009, 00:49
Can it be lambda is not good?

Yes, lambda sensors have a finite life and do fail.

Quote from: ironmaidensr on 27 December 2009, 00:49
Can bad lambda influence fuel consumption?

Yes, considerably and cause all sorts of nasties.
Title: Re: Faulty Lambda Sensor?
Post by: ironmaidensr on 27 December 2009, 23:12: Considering I have no cat (removed some time ago). If I unplug lambda for test what can I expect if I run it few days like that?
Title: Re: Faulty Lambda Sensor?
Post by: danny_p on 28 December 2009, 00:08: it'll run on default settings, bit richer than it would with a correctly functioning lambda
Title: Re: Faulty Lambda Sensor?
Post by: ironmaidensr on 23 January 2010, 20:25: Just to write here. Lambda on my car was faulty and indeed caused increase in fuel usage, along with other thins. Currently disconnected, getting new in few days.