Old wives tales are accurate sometimes i guess. It was an honor getting my ass handed to me by you Fordum.
But, you made it so
easy......
.
Seriously, though, I agree that it just does not make sense that it would work that way.
But, apparently it does.
I think the key here, and the reason that you will find dozens if not hundreds of people who have spliced them with no problems, is the extremely tiny amount of air needed.
We are talking molecules. I suspect that it can run just fine on a system with a hole so small that water cannot get through.
Think Gore-Tex.
People splice a wire, seal it with the glue type heatshrink, and there is a tiny gap or hole afterwards.
Maybe the glue pulls away from the insulation when flexed, or the heat causes it to run slightly and a small gap to form.
And, of course, with all the different types of sensors now, a lot of the ones being spliced might not need outside air, or might get it through a tiny port on the sensor its self.
Different companies do things different ways.
The reason I knew about this, is convoluted. I read it in a tech journal many years ago.
Did not really believe it. Did a little research, and found a warning in an installation instruction for one that said the same thing.
Then over the years, I found other examples of companies saying that it got the air from the wire.
Then one day, about two years ago, I was at my mechanic friend's shop, fixing his alignment computer.
Got through, wandered over to where he was working on a truck. Noticed a new O2 sensor laying on the lift, and he was removing one.
Made the usual inane comment that nobody is immune from. Said,
"replacing the oxygen sensor, huh?"
Everytime I do that, I expect someone to say " Here's your sign."
He said yep, then, as I was looking back at the computer making sure it was booting up right, he asked if I knew where an oxygen sensor got its reference air from?
I was distracted, and just answered offhand, "it gets it through the wire, alongside the insulation. "
It got quiet.
I looked back, and he was just standing there staring at me.
He said that he might have known. If anyone in the world would know something like that, it would be you.
He said that he had had a couple that had failed after a few months, and he thought he had just gotten a bad batch.
But, somehow, he got word that it was because of the way he was splicing the wires and sealing them up.
I don't remember now, if it was a notice from the makers, Alldata, or where, but he had changed his way of splicing them and it fixed the problem.
Which brings me to a problem I see coming, and the reason for my joke about making it easy.
I am very slowly losing it.
Its not obvious to anyone else yet, but I see it happening. I am not ready to accept it, or give up, and I am working toward either slowing it, stopping it, or maybe even reversing it.
I will probably fail, but its gonna know it was in a fight.
Y5mgisi posted a link that I had read before. And it had some references to the sensor getting its air from the wire.
Would have been a good source to back up what I was saying. But, I did not remember it, or where it was.
I should have.
I have never had a photographic memory, but its been pretty darn good. These days, I find myself missing information.
So far, I seem to be only losing the address of the info.
When I saw the article that link referenced, it all came back to me after the first few sentences.
That has been the way my mind has always worked, but it has gotten worse.
For instance, when I was growing up, I read
everything. As far as I know, I read all the Hardy Boys mysteries, as well as all the Tom Swift books that were in print at that time.
Now there is not much information in those books that I can use these days.
But well up into college, and probably up until a couple of years ago, if you handed me one of those books, then either just from the title or after skimming the first page or two, I could give a full recap of the plot, who the villain was, most of the action stuff, and any funny parts just from memory.
Not any more.
I saw one a few weeks ago, picked it up, and even though I recognized the title and the cover, it was like reading a brand new book.
Occasional glimpses would surface, I might remember what one of the characters said next, things like that, but most of it was gone.
I try to keep a journal.
Women keep diaries, men keep journals.
Important difference.
I have suggested that people here do the same. If no one takes any of my advice but this, its the one you want to take.
Trust me, you will be happy you did later.
I use this:
http://www.davidrm.com/thejournal/
But, you could do it with Word, or even notepad.
Just
do it.
I go back now, and see entries from 3 years or longer ago, and I am fascinated by things that went on that I had forgotten the details of.
And its kinda neat to see me wondering about some situation in the past and knowing now how it turned out.
So, Y5mgisi, don't worry about getting your butt handed to you by me. In a year or so, you will probably easily be able to return the favor.....
