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Topic subjectOpinions/Advices(O2, A/F, electrical)
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75016, Opinions/Advices(O2, A/F, electrical)
Posted by coppereclipse95, May-24-04 04:13 AM
I got few random questions...
1.) A/F reading during WOT
I just recently bought a digital A/F gauge with number readings (not light show gauge). Should the reading stay constant through all gears? Like for gears 1-5 WOT reading to be constant 0.893 +/- 0.03? OR does different gears have different A/F ratio? I also had different reading depending on time. My morning reading were richer than night readings. I also saw a case where the readings kept increasing. Ex. In 3rd and WOT, I saw my gague reaing to pop up to 0.912 (just WOT) then it kept increasing slowly 0.913, 0.914, 0.915... I never saw it stop. Any input?
2.) O2/Electrical
I've been wondering for a while now. I'm just curious to how much of a difference would it make deping on just strip/twist vs. solder. I have not soldered anything on my car. All I do is strip/twist/cap/tape. Would that make enough resistance to make gauges to read differently? I know the O2 sensor is really sensitive when it comes to voltages. But if the type of electrical connections creats more resistance, that would throw my numbers off right? So, I wanted your opinion on strip/twist vs. solder. Not just for O2 related, any electrical connections on my car.

Let me know your inputs. I got more questions, but these should answer most of them. TIA
75017, RE: Opinions/Advices(O2, A/F, electrical)
Posted by mcgyvr, May-24-04 04:15 AM
yes o2 readings will be different for different gears and different weather conditions.

and soldering is ALWAYS better.
might not make much of a difference but enough to throw off an o2 sensor reading
75018, RE: Opinions/Advices(O2, A/F, electrical)
Posted by jsupetran, May-24-04 05:01 AM
I've read on here that you MUST solder the O2 wires to get the right readings. That could be enough to get bad readings.


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75028, RE: Opinions/Advices(O2, A/F, electrical)
Posted by Michael_97RS, May-24-04 08:40 AM
I would definately solder, when you are using that gauge to tune by, you do not want to be going by false readings.



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75103, RE: Opinions/Advices(O2, A/F, electrical)
Posted by coppereclipse95, May-25-04 09:38 AM
So it WILL throw off the readings? So, would soldering it make it more accurate? or just a little better? Because I'm not the best at soldering. I just want to get accurate as possible. But either way, I'll try to solder later... thanks