O2 Sensor Questions

[Efraim]

I didn't attempt to solder mine because I learned that wires were nickel
plated (as opposed to tin plated) and therefore more difficult to solder.
Proper soldering requires "wetting" of wires being soldered and from my
experience nickel plated wires require usage of high wattage iron. I don't
know what temperature your butane iron generate. Crimping works fine for me
(I also placed a shrink tube over the splice) and apparently soldering works
just fine for you. Now we established that there are two ways to join the O2
sensor's wires. No "war" needed :)
Efraim
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Vancouver, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Swanson" <marcswanson at mediaone.net>
To: "Efraim" <egav at wireless2000.com>; "Christopher Ritchie"
<critchie1 at hotmail.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: April 21, 2001 5:54 PM
Subject: RE: O2 Sensor Questions


> > Make sure you crimp wires using butt splice. Soldering can be
> > done too, but
> > it is not recommended and is difficult because it requires
> > hi-temp soldering
> > iron.
>
>
> I dunno.. not to start a "solder vs crimp" war but I've got an El-Cheapo
> (TM) butane soldering iron and the solder seems to bond to that type of
wire
> just fine.  Throw a little heat shrink on, solder and you're done with a
> nice weatherproof connection that will outlive the life of the o2 sensor.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> -Marc-
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