Date:         Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:48:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: oxygen sensor input wire
Comments: To: Dvdclarksn@AOL.COM
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I have lots of coax cable........
some from Subaru wiring harnesses where they shield certain signals,
and some aircraft stuff.
I'd just use a few feet of something like that.
Sell you a piece of either of these super reasonable if you need it.
I have seen a vanagon EFI wiring harness with the old green original 02 wire
bypassed........so I guess 'it happens' .......they short or whatever.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Clarkson" <Dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:15 PM
Subject: oxygen sensor input wire


> Just a question after some research of the archives. I feel that my green
> O2 sensor input wire (sending voltage to the ECU) is shorting to the
> grounded shileding in places from deteriorating insulation. I plan on
> replacing
> the sensor itself soon and am thinking about replacing the cable also.
> The
> archives have several listees stating that unshielded cable should work
> okay
> so long as there is no EMI in the vicinity of the cable (I'm concerned
> about  possible interference from the coil). I am wondering if anyone has
> replaced  this  cable and if so where did you find this small gauge coax
> type
> cable?  How far did you go with the cable and did you spice it into a good
> section of  the original near the ECU? A far fetched idea that I had
> recently
> when  installing a Sirius radio in my Dad's Honda was that the shielded
> satellite  antenna cable would be a close match if the center wire was
> stranded.
> Any  thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated as always.
>
> David Clarkson
> 90 Westy (266k)
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