Checking Lambda probe heater Z19 for Lambda probe G39 — AUDI
Checking Lambda probe heater Z19 for Lambda probe G39 on Audi: 17 steps, engines ARX, ARY, AUM, AUQ. What to remove, in what order, and what to check.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A3 (8L, 1996–2003)
- Special tools named: V.A.G 1598/31
- Renewed: engine control unit
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- The point at which the engine control unit switches the Lambda probe heating on and off can be observed if applicable in the "“Reading measured value block”" function, display group number 041, display zone 2.
- Connect the test box V.A.G 1598/31 to the wiring harness to the engine control unit, but do not connect the actual engine control unit .
📋 Procedure
- Unscrew the protective cover (arrows).
- Unplug the 6-pin connector (black) to the Lambda probe G39.
- Connect up the multimeter (resistance measuring range) between contacts 3 and 4.
- Replace the Lambda probe G39.
- Check voltage supply for Lambda probe heating.
- Connect up the multimeter (voltage measuring range) between contacts 3 and 4.
- Start engine. [Note: The point at which the engine control unit switches the Lambda probe heating on and off can be observed if applicable in the "“Reading measured value block”" function, display group number 041, display zone 2.]
- Connect up the multimeter (voltage measuring range) as follows.
- Briefly operate the starter.
- Check for open circuit in the wiring from contact 3 of the connector via the fuse to the fuel pump relay:
- Connect up the multimeter (voltage measuring range) as follows:
- Start engine. [Note: The point at which the engine control unit switches the Lambda probe heating on and off can be observed if applicable in the "“Reading measured value block”" function, display group number 041, display zone 2.]
- Switch off ignition.
- Connect the test box V.A.G 1598/31 to the wiring harness to the engine control unit, but do not connect the actual engine control unit .
- Check for open circuit in the following wiring:
- Eliminate open circuit in wiring if necessary.
- Replace the engine control unit .
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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