Engine O2 sensor connector broken

[leonthelion93]

Greetings gents,

So I was replacing the O2 sensor on my 88 325i vert and I realize that the original owner had broken then O2 sensor wire connector that is apart of the car itself. All I have to work with are 4 wires that connect to my new O2 sensor I just bought. 2 questions,
Can I splice and crimp these wires together?
And secondly and much much more importantly, what wires go to which and if so can someone post a picture of their O2 sensors color coordinating with each other?

The wire connector from the e30 has 2 brown wires, and black, and a what looks like grey/green while the new o2 sensor has 2 white, 1 black and 1 grey.

[Grackle]

What year is your car? Mine is an 86 and only has three pins.

[AndrewBird]

Late model cars had a 4-wire system. Yes, you can splice it in directly. Search and you will find threads about this.

[leonthelion93]

It's a 1988 325i.

I searched, but I can't find any other threads about cars with 2 browns, 1 black and one grey. If anyone happens to have this wiring model and post a picture it would be great.

[dnguyen1963]

https://www.google.com/search?q=E30+O2+sensor+wiring&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAmoVChMI9eDTvq6jxwIVQ5MNCh3fkQB-&biw=1360&bih=643#imgrc=_

[leonthelion93]

https://www.google.com/search?q=E30+...ih=643#imgrc=_

No luck with any wiring diagrams for the O2 sensor connector from the vehicle itself. Anyone know the color coding for the wire connector? Not the O2 sensor, the connector.

[leonthelion93]

http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/techarticles/E30-O2_Sensor/E30_plug_unscrewed.jpg

This is the connector I have. I just need to see what wires connector to what right behind that rubber seal D: D: D:

[turbo55]

I did my O2 sensor recently (1987) and it was a 4-wire. The 4-wire ones have a heater in the O2 sensor for better sensor accuracy. On the sensor side, I remember I had black, gray, white, white. The two white ones are for the heater, since the heater is just a resistor it doesn't matter which way the current flows so the two whites were interchangeable. It sounds like you have the same thing but your whites are browns. I would just hook it up with the blacks matched, grays matched, and browns matched to whites.

[leonthelion93]

I did my O2 sensor recently (1987) and it was a 4-wire. The 4-wire ones have a heater in the O2 sensor for better sensor accuracy. On the sensor side, I remember I had black, gray, white, white. The two white ones are for the heater, since the heater is just a resistor it doesn't matter which way the current flows so the two whites were interchangeable. It sounds like you have the same thing but your whites are browns. I would just hook it up with the blacks matched, grays matched, and browns matched to whites.

Ok thank you! I'm glad someone could help support my guess. I just felt completely lost looking at it for some reason. I'll be splicing tomorrow. Thanks!