How difficult is it to replace the Cyl head temp sensor. I just got a check engine code 13. And I called a couple diffrent places and the prices are very wild I dont think they know what i am talking about... Hell nissan told me that the sensor was 130 bucks and one shop told me that they would fix the thing for only 80 bucks... so I think my question is if i get the sensor from just a parts store for cheap...

is it a pain the the **** to fix? I cant even see the sensor when i pop the hood the manual says its on the passenger side near the thermostat..

has anybody done this?


thanks for help in advance...

 

it's a cheap part and very easy to replace

 

The one that you mentioned is in the manual sounds like the coolant temp sensor which is like $40 or so. Easy to replace. I have been told there is a temp sensor under the intake manifold but i've never actually seen it, so if anyone has info on this i'd be interested.

 

I think your right.....

I have searched through the fsm and can't find a cylinder head sensor anywhere....

 

Get into the Zone!
http://www1.autozone.com/servlet/UiB...3d801f4731.jsp

Probably on both vg and ve. One red sensor for ecu function. One smaller black senor for the guage reading.

BTW. ALL NEWBIES, PLEASE USE THE ABOVE STICKIES FOR FUTURE TECHNICAL REFERENCE BEFORE POSTING THE QUESTION.

 

Its the coolant temp sensor. Its on that little elbow where the coolant comes from pump and also goes to the radiator. It should be the one on the back, it has the larger plug with two contacts. The one on the front has just one and is for the temp guage.

The cylinder head temp sensor was on the earlier Maximas and was on the front head kind of behind the timing cover near the distributor. The stupid *** Haynes manual and probably many more still list the 3rd gens as having one when it technically doesn't... did I mention I hate the Haynes manuals...?

 

I did just look at that a while ago on the idiotzone site but i was not sure if that was what he was talking about,being they call it something different from what the ecu code book says....I'm still owned by da jeffy though..

 

I actually wasn't referring to you but to the original poster. I tried to tackle two issues at once as to prevent my post count from getting to high

 

Well i looked at the sticky and it didnt help my question only made it worse when i got this

Becuse ... My Dash gague works and tracks just fine.....

Apparently my computer read on the engine temp is whats screwed up... so its the OTHER temp sensor ...


I got a code 13 here is where i got my info for my codes



I got this from a sticky.... I do look at the sticky's
http://pages.cthome.net/bbachinsky/nissan_ecm_codes.htm

 

the top paragraph explains which one needs to be replaced

 

You really don't want to pad that post count, Jeff...


The coolant temp sensor is about $20 at NAPA. I haven't worked on a VG, but on the VE it takes all of 5 minutes and a socket, I think it was 14mm? I can't remember, but it was uber easy. My NAPA even had the sensor in stock, so I imagine a lot of them are the same part.

Mine threw the same code. It had been running like it was posessed.

 

Hey I just changed the COOLANT TEMP SENSOR switch like 2 weeks ago cuz my fan wasnt going on causing the car to overheat. I went to murrays and bought it for 17.99 came up to like 20 bucks or so. changed it in 15 minutes (actually, g/f's father changed it) . Watch out for pressure cuz you'll burn yourself with hot coolant. You'll need like an 18-19mm wrench fyi.

I havent checked the fsm or stickies for pics but maybe MyGreenMax, Wiking or one of the smart people can post a pic of where it is since they always have a picture for everything. God bless them people with pics

 

Cool thanks for your help guys sorry for being retarded i just had to make shure .... I will let ya know if this fixed it this week


BTW anybody have anypart #'s i can reference this to?

 

you can get the sensor from me too

 

got er fixed..... so far check engine light has yet to come back on....

I think this was the problem.....

 

I left my magnifying glasses in the other room dude...what is that??

 

Its the Sensor

 

Nice job! should run quite a bitter better now too.

 

damn! looks prehistoric..like a fossil or something. Even the one I pulled out didnt look that bad. lol guess it was about time.

Did you do it yourself? if so did you burn youself? lol just wondering

 

Yeah i did it my self.... Nope didnt burn my self i remembered your post when you said you got sprayed and took the liberty of wearing gloves and long shirt.. when i removed it ..

 

lol I didnt get sprayed cuz I didnt do it myself but good lesson