header + oxygen sensor

[BOLO]

My car is a 95 Civic coupe with the sohc D16zc engine. A guy wants to sell me his used DC Sports header, but the bung for the oxygen sensor is at the bottom while mine is at the top. Does anyone have any experience with this? That is a reliable solution that will work.
Need qiuck answers.
Thanks.

[pdiggitydogg]

just extend the o2 wires so its long enough to reach
(solder them...dont get cheap and only use e- tape)

[BOLO]

Thanks for the input. Do you know which kind of wire i should use?

[ebpda9]

Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
just extend the o2 wires so its long enough to reach
(solder them...dont get cheap and only use e- tape)


i thought you weren't supposed to solder them, since very low currents go thru the wires and it might mess up the readings.

[thermal]

Originally posted by BOLO
Thanks for the input. Do you know which kind of wire i should use?
Get the same gauge size or better, preferably high temp application. When you make your extension, cut as far away as possible from the sensor since the stock wires are already tempered for that application. Be cautious with that area. Keep the wires away from any heat source or rotating components. Goodluck

[BOLO]

Thanks for the info.

[pdiggitydogg]

i was always told to solder...i mean the bulk of the wire's are touching...solder is just around it
its more secure than shrink tubes or tape

[nonovurbizniz]

in my instructions it recomends soldering them...

My best advice would be to...

A. Cut it after the rubber grommet just below the harness plug (that way you can still run the wire that way (I actually found it easier to run without using the stock mount but it's a good option to have)
B. Buy harness' (you could use the one off your old o2 sensor and go to a junkyard to get the opposite side of it from a car there) so you can just solder in the connectors to that... THAT WAY... you don't have to cut the o2 sensor wires at all... you just use the extenion cable... plugging it in at both ends...

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
i thought you weren't supposed to solder them, since very low currents go thru the wires and it might mess up the readings.

A good solder joint hardly adds any noticable resistance so I wouldn't think it would be a problem...

[pdiggitydogg]

woa back from the dead, huh?

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by pdiggitydogg
woa back from the dead, huh?

Erm, I don't know what happened... I was searching under new posts and this one came up :confused:

[pdiggitydogg]

wierd...