96 8V gti with broken Lambda wire on loom side

[twotwofour]

The brown wire has come away from the plug, its been like that a while as its a bit green and corroded.

Which function am i loosing from the brown wire? I suspect heating element as fuel economy is cack until im up to temperature. Then i'm getting around 27-30 mpg.

Is it easy to unplug that bit of the loom?

Looks like a big job.

[javalin]

visit VW for some repair wire.  If you can solder.

Suggest you get the high temp version for where that connector sits.

http://javalins.wordpress.com/vw-golf-mk3/vw-electrical-connectors/

James

[nikkiy9]

i have a lambda sensor sitting here if you want it? £15 and it's posted

[twotwofour]

It's on the wiring loom rather than the lambda sensor with plug. It's bust right by the plug so there isn't anything to solder to really. Just need a piece of the engine loom and I'll solder in the new plug

[birch]

vw did me the plug on the loom side with 4 lenghts of new wire on each terminal, just cut old plug off and soldered wires together, cost about £5 from vw main dealer.

[javalin]

top banana!  Good one.

[twotwofour]

vw did me the plug on the loom side with 4 lenghts of new wire on each terminal, just cut old plug off and soldered wires together, cost about £5 from vw main dealer.

Awesome cheers!

[lankylari]

fair play thats cheap for vw.