Need help getting Coolant Temp Sensor out!
04-05-2006, 06:18 AM
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Are you trying to get the black thingy out or the blue one in the foreground?
The black one with the 4 prongs is the temp sensor and should just come right out with the c-clip pulled off. The sensor in the foreground is very hard to get out.
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mmallory/pictures/CTS.jpg">
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mmallory/pictures/CTS.jpg">
04-05-2006, 06:54 AM
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oh crap.... i just did this but i dont remember getting out the o-ring out. i did put the new sensor
in with a new o-ring (ecs part). is this possible? there was a splash of coolant so maybe the old o-ring just fell out.... i dont know. would it be possible to have 2 o-rings in there?
04-05-2006, 06:57 AM
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Re: Are you trying to get the black thingy out or the blue one in the foreground?
Don't see a blue one?!
The sensor in the background is the coolant temp sensor correct? So the first step is to disconnect the wire harness correct? Then pull/pry the actual sensor out?
I'm a tad bit confused.
The sensor in the background is the coolant temp sensor correct? So the first step is to disconnect the wire harness correct? Then pull/pry the actual sensor out?
I'm a tad bit confused.
04-05-2006, 07:11 AM
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Well it kinda has a light bluish hue to it. I just changed my CTS 2 days ago
and once I got the c-clip off it just came out with no effort/wiggling at all. I don't know why yours would be stuck unless you didn't pull off the c-clip first. I waited until I had the sensor out to unplug the harness.