tery
Silvia survived the purge- summer car
Hey, How difficult is it to put in a new coolant temp sensor, I think I see it on the drivers side mounted horizontally about halfway down the back of the engine...Special tools needed??
T
T
How difficult
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SHO_Mike
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Which temp sensor? There's one for the gauge and one for the PCM.
tery
Silvia survived the purge- summer car
I was thinking the one for the PCM, isn't that the one mounted horizontal in the...intake manifold , or, maybe I'm looking the wrong sensor. Can you tell me where the two are located? But then I do think the one for the gauge is not working correctly either, it is super slow to rise and was doing some flicking a week back when I was having stalling issues. Since I cleaned the MAS it isn't stalling anymore but I don't think the gauss is reading accurately, It just changes in ways that I don't think are true reflections of what is happening with the coolant temp.
Terry
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msteiny
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It is cold out. My gauge doesn't move very good either. Put a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator to warm the engine up a little more. That's what I did. But to answer your question the temp sender for the PCM is under the throttle body and the temp sensor for the gauge is down behind the coil.
tery
Silvia survived the purge- summer car
Hey, thanks much for the reply. I was correct for the PCM sensor and haven't looked really for the gauge one yet. Yes, we are below zero all day and night and although up in the teens by weekend, predicted another week of nasty below zero after that. I'm real sick of it...
take care, T
take care, T
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The thing on the rear of the engine toward the driver's side is the oil pressure sender.
The coolant senders are both on the coolant lines near the top of the engine toward the driver's side - the one with one terminal is the gauge sender and the one with two terminals is the one that feeds the pcm.
if your engine temp is slow to rise, you are much more likely to have a bad thermostat than a bad gauge sender.
The thing on the rear of the engine toward the driver's side is the oil pressure sender.
The coolant senders are both on the coolant lines near the top of the engine toward the driver's side - the one with one terminal is the gauge sender and the one with two terminals is the one that feeds the pcm.
if your engine temp is slow to rise, you are much more likely to have a bad thermostat than a bad gauge sender.
tery
Silvia survived the purge- summer car
You are great, thank you,It's still at the shop for brakes, evidently the rear lines were collapsing when the flushed the system, so those parts will take a day to come in, I'm about to buy another same year same color that was much better taken care of and use this one for spare parts and or part it out. There;s just too many issues, and then the rust, oh my God, not pretty. I'll find out Sat if I can get this other one that just needs a water pump. There's also another one for a grand that has a busted timing belt that looks in pretty good shape. Maybe I should get all three and put them in a line in the driveway, that'll make my daughter crazy, she says I'm out of control, but then she has never replaced parts on a car and well,...she's a sweetie, but doesn't feel like I do about cars.
thanks again Ruby,
thanks again Ruby,
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