Warren, I've never done one of those myself, but everyone I have ever
seen, including the one on my van now, were sealed not with electrical
tape, but heat shrink tubing, and then coated with a gob of silicon sealer.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Warren.K.Lail-1 wrote:

>Hi Matt,
>
>Thanks for the comment.  I just replaced the O2 Sensor with one from VolksCafe.  I bought the lesser expensive one which required that I splice my old harness to the new sensor.  I used crimp connectors and used electrical tape to insulate each wire.  Is it possible that this is my problem?
>
>Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll investigate.
>
>Warren Lail
>88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>87 GL
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Matt Sutton <msutts@earthlink.net>
>Date: Saturday, March 6, 2004 9:55 pm
>Subject: Billy bones
>
>
>
>>It sounds like one of the hell's I went through last year. Turned
>>out to be
>>a short in the O2 sensor wire. It's a shielded cable, like for audio
>>applications- ground on the outside, signal inside. If there's a short
>>between the two it can make you run super-stinky rich, even if the
>>sensor'sunplugged.  If there's any continuity at all between the
>>sheild and the
>>signal, it's bad,
>>
>>Good luck,
>>
>>Matt Sutton
>>88 GL
>>NYC
>>
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