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Subject:O2 sensor splicing (was Re: Water-cooled VW parts?)
From:Mark McCulley
Date:Mon, 13 Jul 1998 08:26:29 -0700

At 09:41 AM 7/13/98 -0700, Ray Hunnam wrote:
>Just as an aside I keep reading of problems being experienced when fitting
>the generic O2 Sensor and in splicing the wires.  Apparently it is a
>co-axial type cable and some seem the manage to earth all wires when
>splicing.  At least that is the impression I get when reading the posts.

The wire from the sensor to its connector is not coaxial. Hence there should
be no problems making this splice when installing a generic sensor. The wire
that is coaxial is the wire from the ECU to the O2 sensor connector.

-MM

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