oxygen sensor wiring help

[h0yitsdom]

problem i have with my 7th gen rolla is the plug on the engine/emission harness side was messed up when i got the car. i went to the junkyard and grabbed a new plug and some wiring from another corolla including the new plug. i am talking about the o2 sensor on the exhaust manifold near the front of the car. it has 2 wires and 1 of them is hollow it seems for air i am guessing, not 100% sure. the problem I am having is how can i splice this together with my existing wire? since the wire is hollow how should i join them together in order to make it work correctly??

its kind of hard to explain but the plug has a brown and grey wire that runs to the engine and that part was messed up so i had to get a new one and i want to join them together now.

[h0yitsdom]

Here is a picture of what I am trying to join together. The black tube is hollow and then the wiring itself.

[ramonvr6]

lol im new just throwing it out there for 2cents,people sorder wires and other put the two wires together in a plastic casing and heat it up so it melts and stick together not sure of the wiring caseing im thinking of but all find out tomorrow if anything

[speedy25]

The black tube is hollow because the conductor isnt inside it like it should be. The other wires form a shield to reduce noise in the low voltage the sensor puts out. Keep cutting back your "tube" until you find the wire.

-SP

[h0yitsdom]

so there should be a wire inside the tubing? once i find the wire can i just splice it together like ordinary wires? and should i keep it separate from the rest of the wire?

[speedy25]

Huh??

-SP