[urq] 83 urq green O2 sensor wire?

[Martin Pajak]

Brady,

The outer wire is a shield (like on a coax cable), it is simply a ground.
The inner part is the signal wire.

HTH
Martin Pajak

http://www.quattro.ca

1983 Audi Ur-quattro (289,000 km) Canadian spec. winter car
1985 Audi Ur-quattro (166,000 km) Euro spec. import ;o)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-admin at audifans.com [mailto:urq-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of
> Louis-Alain RICHARD
> Sent: April 27, 2003 17:37
> To: quattro at audifans.com; Urq
> Subject: [urq] 83 urq green O2 sensor wire?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm over here at Louis-Alain's troubleshooting my stumble under
> high boost.
> I just wired in a relay for the fuel pump. It was reading 11.9V
> before. Now
> it's 13.8V. Of course, now I have a louder fuel pump.
>
> Anyways, a PO had stripped away some wire sheathing on the green O2 sensor
> wire (computer side of the connector). There appears to be an inner and
> outer wire, yet the connector is a single spade.
>
> What is the double wire for? The outer one is cut right at the
> connector and
> will be impossible to repair. The inner one is fine.
>
> Can I just close up the sheath and ignore the outer wire?
>
> Help!
>
> Bentley isn't very helpful. It shows a thicker looking wire from
> the sensor
> connector to terminal 6 on the OXS control unit..
>
> Cheers,
> Brady Moffatt
> 83 UrQ with some small issues
>
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