Don't ask how...just not being careful. Can I simply solder this together? Is this somekind of special wire? Do I have to replace the whole thing.
nah, you're ok. just tie them back together and eletrical tape them. its no biggie. BE SURE TO MATCH WIRE COLOR THO!!!! lol
I would use solder, or a sealable connector. If you just tie it, it will vibrate apart.
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I would recommend solder and shrink tubing.
You said dont ask but I cant help myself.. How did you do this?
^^ no kidding.... that thing was a bitch to cut when I replaced mine.... I cut it b/c i couldn't get one of the brackets holding it to the car off...
Okay. I'll tell ya. It was already off the car and was laying on my work bench when I lost my cool after cutting myself with a hack saw. In my rage I slammed the saw down on the edge of the bench and cut the wire right in the middle of the sensor and the plug end. So there I was bleeding, with a broken saw and a cut sensor. Typical guy stuff...you know when things just don't go your way we often tend to make them worse. Lesson learned ...keep a neater work area and learn to walk away so you don't make things worse.
If you want to fix it properly then you need to get a sealed crimp connector.
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You should never solder any section of an Oxygen Sensor signal wire.
The Oxygen Sensor compares oxygen content in the exhaust to the oxygen content of the outside air and generates its signal from that.
Early Sensors were "vented" right at the housing. But the housing would become clogged by debris, in most cases... mud., so the sensors were redesigned so that the would get there air through the wires. Solder would seal this source for the air.
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protomec wrote:If you want to fix it properly then you need to get a sealed crimp connector.
You should never solder any section of an Oxygen Sensor signal wire.
The Oxygen Sensor compares oxygen content in the exhaust to the oxygen content of the outside air and generates its signal from that.
Early Sensors were "vented" right at the housing. But the housing would become clogged by debris, in most cases... mud., so the sensors were redesigned so that the would get there air through the wires. Solder would seal this source for the air.
you know he is right, by the way to day at work a I but a universal botch on a Infinity J30 and is came with this posi lock weather packed conector to conect the old conecctor to the new sensor if was pretty cool.
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or just buy a new O2 sensor..... it's only 130 bucks, and it's well worth it..
most likely if you soder it, you will end up with a CEL telling you that your O sensor has a slow response. I went through this and ended up sodering it like 10 times with different wire. It still wouldnt work. So I broke down and bought a new sensor and an extension kit from casper electronics.
