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Subject:Re: o2 sensor questions
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:03:02 -0400

At 11:00 PM 7/15/2006 -0400, Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69) wrote:
>it in today. It is a universal design bosch with 1 wire. Now from above
>I can see a bright green wire with a black male spade connector,

O2 sensor.  It's a shielded wire, make sure the shield doesn't short
to the inner wire or it'll run hugely rich.

>  but
>from below by the sensor location there Is a harness with 2 wires that
>are cut one brown and one green/brown.

Brown you'd expect to be a ground, but a non-exhaustive pass over the
'85 diagram in Bentley didn't show me any green/brown wires at
all.  Trace it back some, maybe can help more.  Possibly the PO had a
heated sensor in there at some point?

>  Which one do I hook the o2 sensor
>to and is a 1 wire sensor the right one?

Yes.

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