PSA - Don't ever run your 7A without the exhaust heat shield...
 

It will melt your throttle position sensor. Hammering a torx bit in to stripped out alan bolts at 1am FTL. Those throttle body bolts are in a tight space too....

are you missing the heat shield?
 

I have a spare heat shield for the cast manifold if it helps

Nah I had it off, but now I have it back on

do you have a cast mani or a tubular?
 

I'd bet the tubular w/ no heatshield would cook anything on that side of the engine bay.

tubular

yep. i had the shield and it cooked my ABS sensor wire;)

MY ABS STOPPED WORKING... I haven't diagnosed yet. Anybody have a passenger side speed sensor?
 

That they know works?

Good luck. Mine fried the actual connector....where sensor and computer wire meet up. It was a mess.
 

Although, that wire should be nowhere near the exhaust...it somehow got lose on mine and was very close, if not touching it....it wasn't a distance heat melting.

check this to see if the 90 V8 car has the same sensor
 

I don't have teh ETKA to cross but, it will be a cheap "sealership" alternative. I also need a front passenger sensor. I am reluctant to purchase because when I installed a new outer cv joint on the driver side, the tone wheel on the cv has more teeth. I don't know if this would produce the same ac voltage needed by the system. If it comes down to it, i'll have to replace the passenger side cv to match.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audifans.com/twiki/bin/view/Audi/AntiLockBrakingSystem">sensor writeup</a></li></ul>

don't feel bad, i've seen way worse
 

I had a turbo failure on a Detriot Diesel. Basically the engine was running on engine oil. The exhuast got so hot, it melted everything back to the muffler. $16k worth of damaged, carpet, wiring, fiberglass. Boiled the paint off!The truck might as well caught on fire.