Wayne’s O2 Sensor Angle Block

I’ve had a “check engine” light (CEL) on in my GTI for something like two years or so now. The MK4 uses many sensors in order to maximize the efficiency of the 1.8L turbo motor. This ends up being both a good thing and a bad thing. It’s great because I get about 37 mpg in the city, and 30 highway. But it’s also bad, because these little sensors also go bad, and sometimes with a disturbing frequency. Bad sensors result in annoying CELs.

I use Ross Tech’s VAG Com to check the error codes, then hop over to the VWVortex forums and research what the various error codes mean. Most codes are fairly common among the Volkswagen tuning community, so using the ‘Tex’s forum search, I can usually come up with a few threads that lead to a solution. My most recent reoccurring CEL battle was giving me these results in VAG Com:
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A Long Time Coming…..

This has been a long time coming…..

VWVortex PacNW Forum Alki GTG

This past Tuesday, a few VWVortex members from the PacNW forum met up at Alki beach for a little GTG. It was my first time making it out to one of these events, and I look forward to the next one. Quite a few cool cars (and owners) made it out, and the weather was brisk, but at least it wasn’t raining. The Alki Beach boat launch has an amazing view of the city’s sky line. Next time I’ll have to make sure to bring the Nikon and a tripod as i only brought the Samsung point-n-click with me. Click the image below to check out the gallery.