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Subject:Re: O2 sensor wire replacement, '85
From:Mike Collum
Date:Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:21 -0400

craig cowan wrote:
> If its coaxial cable (A cable inside a cable) that works essentially as two
> wires, how can it operate with a simple spade connector? Wouldn't that alone
> default it to ground? If not....how do i keep the two parts seperated
> through a spade connector, and reattached at the other end?

Only the run from the ECU to the spade connector for the O2 sensor is
shielded.  The run from the O2 sensor to the spade connector is not
shielded.

The shielded wire must only be grounded at ONE end (at the ECU end).  If
it's grounded at both ends it won't work as a shield and will cause
problems.

Mike