LSU 4.2 CONNECTORS

[mongoose]

Hi folks,does anyone know where i could buy a male and female connector for my wideband lambda please(pic to follow).I'd like to extend the cable from the sensor to enable me to place the control unit in the footwell instead of the engine bay.Many thanks,Mike

[eliot]

Ive got a feeling that there's some sort of calibration resistor in the connector (not 100% sure) - so double check before starting.

[GreenV8S]

No. But if you find a source, let me know?

A cunning solution I found was to melt the wiring loom by putting it too close to the exhaust (about a foot away, in my case), giving you an excuse to snip and extend the loom. I haven't dismantled the plug on the sensor side, but on the loom side there's nothing fancy in the connector. I found it was a real fiddle to get the teminals to release from the connector housing, but apart from that it appears to be a completely conventional type of connector.

>> Edited by GreenV8S on Sunday 2nd April 12:54

[mongoose]

GreenV8S said:

No. But if you find a source, let me know?

Peter,after a lot of searching around,and several phonecalls,i've found out this.You can buy the female connector very easily apparently,from any vw audi agent.It appears the only easy way to get the male connector is to take one off a sensor,as bosch dont seem keen to let these out unatached.I've re-routed mine now,so i dont have to extend the wiring after all,and my Innovate LC1 is now on top of the battery,snug and dry.Its all up and running fine,all i need now is a timer to keep it switched off for the fist couple of minutes

[eliot]

mongoose said:

all i need now is a timer to keep it switched off for the fist couple of minutes

why?

[mongoose]

eliot said:

mongoose said: all i need now is a timer to keep it switched off for the fist couple of minutes why?

I'd like to do this to avoid the condensation in my manifolds and 'y' piece cocking up my sensor.I get a lot of condensation in there,and it can cause thermal shock apparently.As i'm running open loop and just using the lambda readout for info,its no problem to have it not working right from fire up.