I bought new wires, rotor, cap and plugs for my D16 A6 and finally the ECU has given me a code 1. Which from serching is the O2 sensor.
Before I go buy one, is there anything to check that would make this code go away?

Would anything else besides the O2 sensor give a code 1?
Thanks for any help!

A little background info. I got the car to run after finding two screws in one of the cylinders. It idled perfectly but backfired as soon as I touched the throttle. I then replaced the plugs, wires, cap and rotor. The backfires are less and now the ECU is giving me a code which it wasn't before.


Modified by 91civiccross at 10:57 AM 9/26/2008

 

Now I'm really confused. I drove up to the parts store and bought an O2 sensor to find the ECU giving me 17 individual blinks. Then repeats.
I cleared the ECU before I left the parts place to find it giving me any engine light all the way home.

 

vss code huh that is weird does your speedo work?

 

Yeah but the weird thing is, aren't the blinks for a 17 one long blink and 7 quick ones?

I put the O2 sensor in and it didn't do a damned thing.
I'm wondering if my distributor is bad.

 

not for a pm6