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Hi,
I need to change my downstream (after cat, sensor 2) lambda/oxygen sensor, but I'm unsure of it's location. Been searching the net and can't find a picture. I've removed the undertray. Is it just before the flexible section of the exhaust, not far from the EGR cooler?
It's on a mk3 Leon 2.0 TDI xcellence.

I have back pain at the moment so can't spend much time under the car searching around and want to do this as fast as possible.
 
My 2014 2.0 TDI 184 CUPA only has one lambda sensor and no post CAT sensor. Not saying yours is the same but I spent a lot of time on the internet and under the car to find out there wasn't one. Has the car raised a fault code so you know you have two! 😆
 
Thank you both! That wouldn't explain the scanner code that comes up though. P0136 HO2S circuit bank 1 sensor 2. My engine is the CUNA.
Looking through that manual that nd-photo.nl shared, p.472, I can see a mention of a 2nd lambda sensor. And from this photo, perhaps it is the awkwardly placed sensor just before the flexible section of exhaust.
 

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My 2014 2.0 TDI 184 CUPA only has one lambda sensor and no post CAT sensor. Not saying yours is the same but I spent a lot of time on the internet and under the car to find out there wasn't one. Has the car raised a fault code so you know you have two! 😆
Our CUPA is Euro 5 - and is a little 'simpler' than the Euro 6 CUNA.
For example, we only have one low pressure EGR, one Lambda sensor, one DPF pressure sensor, and no variable valve timing.

As an aside - regarding Lambda O2 sensors - I recently had a lambda fault code at around 161,000 miles - and discovered they have a finite life, Bosch say recomended change intrval at 155k miles!

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For the OP, 11 is your pre cat O2, and 1 is you post cat O2 sensor.
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