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O2 Sensor Extender?

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hskrs10

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I put on an o/r X-Pipe and the front driver side o2 sensor is about 2" to short, Instead of buying a pair of o2 sensor externders how bad would it be to cut and splice the wire to extend?
 

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You can extend the harness, but not between the sensor and the connector. The 02 sensor uses the insulation in that wire as a source of reference 02, which is needed to get good results - cutting it 'short-circuits' that...
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Don 95Vert said:
You can extend the harness, but not between the sensor and the connector. The 02 sensor uses the insulation in that wire as a source of reference 02, which is needed to get good results - cutting it 'short-circuits' that...
Don
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How come there's no issue with splice-in CEL fixes?
 
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