VAF Wire

[stefan]

Dose anyone know where the wire runs from the VAF? Is it hardwired into the harness? Someone wants me to get one from the j/y but they say it cant be cut, dose it plug into the harness somewhere?

[monkeyracing]

It runs directly into the harness that goes across the header panel, and over the radiator. I don't know that it can be unplugged. The only way to find out is to find a junk Festy, pull the harness out from under the header panel, and unwrap it.

[festivaWES]

When i relocated mine, i didn't cut the loom back that far. There's 7 wires in the vaf harness, but only one is shielded.

[festivaWES]

It's the fattest of the wires....i'd amagine that, that one goes dirrectly to the ECM

[stefan]

ECM... is that the same thing as the ECU? Because i looked under my dash and didnt see any large wires going into the computer

[festivaWES]

ECM- engine control module
ECU- engine control unit

Yeah same thing.....check the pinout in the back of the chiltons manual...maybe it switches color later down the harness line

[floydiancomplex]

7 wires, 3 Black all run straight to ground, Gray/Black, Gray, and Grn/Blk run to the ECU and
Grn/Red runs to the fuel pump relay. Its all pretty well entangled unto itself, you may be able
to get 6" - 1ft of wire by cutting where the VAF harness joins the main harness but getting all
the wires complete would require unwrapping the entire engine harness and some of the under
dash part then you would still have to cut it from the ECU plug. Trust me when I say it is not
fun. Good luck - Chris

[stefan]

wait, so there just normal wires? the person who wants the cable says its a coax cable?

[floydiancomplex]

My 90 L-PLUS uses regular 14-16 gauge wire. I believe the solid grey wire is the shielded one but not totally sure.
Unplug from the air meter and cut where it joins the rest of the harness (by radiator and RF headlight) you should
get all 7 wires in the section you cut. I never seen coax (tv cable) used in anything but AV on a car. - Chris

[monkeyracing]

Coax? Tell him to put down the crack pipe and join the rest of us in the real world.

[festivaWES]

I think he's referring to coax "type" wire...but coax has a solid inner core wire.