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[blueclio2222]

Hi all...i decided to look under the car today...1st time ever!!!!!! i know i shold of done this when i bought it from the auctions but hey ho....

as you may see in the pic the exhaust oxygen sensor is sort of these but is not conected and i carnt seem to see the wire either....what can/should i do about this and what are the conciquenses (spelling) of not doing anything.......??????

Must say the car is a 1998 mk 1 clio 1.4rt...it does not use exsesive fuel and no warning lights up on the dash.

Help PLease.

 

[davebem]

That doesnt look like a normal lambda sensor. It almost looks like a spark plug.

 

[blueclio2222]

yeh i thought that too....is this where the sensor should be...next to the cat?

 

[Ben.Block]

Replace the spark plug with the correct sensor.

 

[davebem]

Yeah its just before the cat so it should be there. Can you see the wiring loom for it anywhere??

 

[jonnyshaw89]

it could be that the person that had the car before your fitted a flamer kit to the exhaust to which uses a spark plug like that to ignite the exhaust fumes.

 

[davebem]

Is it normal to put them before the cat??

 

[Henry]

may be it's been used as a (really) pikey blanking bolt

 

[jonnyshaw89]

oh i didn't realize it was before the cat. yeh prob pikey job them. plug ur computer in and see if it brings up any errors

 

[bmh.01]

LOL! Thats the winner for the pikeyiest blank i've ever seen! If they've done that I wouldn't be surprised if they've killed/took the bulb out of the engine warning light, they're should be a lambda loom around there somewhere.

 

[Danny P]

that spark plug is for the afterburner!

 

[blueclio2222]

where would the wire for the sensor be???

 

[blueclio2222]

can i buy the sensor and wire seperatly?????

 

[Henry]

you'll be able to buy the sensor (they're not cheap, usually) but doubtful with the wiring. can't see one in the 'photo but the wiring could be hiding ontop of the heat shield - need to have a hunt around for it

 

[blueclio2222]

great...how expensive we talking......is it worth it?

if i didnt sort it all out what are the conciquences??????(spelling)

 

[blueclio2222]

p.s what is the warning lamp on the dash like?????? as nothing abnormal lights up?

 

[Henry]

sorry, wouldn't like to guess - you could have a look on the Euro Car Parts or German Swedish French sites and probably gain an idea from there

 

[blueclio2222]

yeh they are expensive.......

 

[blueclio2222]

well ive got that stupid spark plug out now....(1st pic(

but ive had anothe look and it seems that the lambda sensor for my car is right at the very top of the exhaust near the maniflod (2nd+3rd pic)

i always understood it was near the cat???

 

[mattjk]

I met a german guy whos got a flamer on his KA

And he approces me and looked at my car and goes "has it got ze flamer?" spose its one of those things you need to be there but was rather amusing lol

Like this, without the check underneath

http://image.hondatuningmagazine.co...32406+w640+cr1+re0+ar1/check-engine-light.jpg

 

[blueclio2222]

well my light hasnt come on so im guessing its "a" ok

 

[mattjk]

More likely its got tape over it..

 

[36gilford]

What a pi55er of a thred - a spark plug and the last comment on page 1. I am in tears!!!

 

[blueclio2222]

well my light hasnt come on yet so im hopein im good for now?

 

[davebem]

It should be fine then, you just need to fill the hole.

 

[blueclio2222]

yeh i did fill the hole, not too sure if you can see it in the pic on page 1 at the bottom thread.

 

[Mark One]

It's a flamer kit guys. The previous owner(s) must have fitted it.

You remap or trick the engine to run rich and then ignite the unburnt fuel in the exhaust.

Interesting history

 

[blueclio2222]

how do you trick it into running rich?

 

[SBV116]

99% sure the truth is, someone has fit a non gen aftermarket downpipe, they often come with different lambda locations, and they have improvised a blank for the bottom.

Doing no harm what so ever, yes its not ideal, but you never see it, does its job so no worry!

Flamer kit? before the cat, that would work, like a handbrake on a canoe.

 

[mattjk]

Agreed ^ Its probably just a bodge for a lambda

 

[sideways danny]

agree again, a Pinto sparkplug is a cheap bung for a lambda hole

 

[blueclio2222]

glad to know it might be an aftermaket downpipe and its been blanked. puts my mind at ease.