Hi there, newbie here...

I have a 96 SE. The check engine light went on over the weekend. I followed the instruction to get the DTC, and it returned 0908 which is a coolant temp sensor malfunction.

Since this is the first time I try to work on a car, I need help.

Questions:

First of all, am I look at the right thing?

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If so, I couldn't quite reach it, so I follow the wiring to a conector, detached it, and measured the resistance between the two leads (see pic 2: red dots indicate the wire I traced, yellow circles the connector). I couldn't get a reading. Does that mean the sensor is bad, or am I doing something wrong?

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Third, if in case the sensor bad, how can I replace it? What kind of tools would I need?

Thanks!!

EDIT: direct link to imagestation doesn't seem to work. to view pics please cut and paste addresses above. thanks!

 

Some good suggestions for how to help your diagnosis can be found through the following results for searching "0908" in the 4th gen forum:

http://forums.maxima.org/search.php?...der=descending

Good luck!

 

Thanks for the reply!

I have already looked search for info on 0908 before. The reason I posted this thread is to confirm with you guys to see if I am performing the diagnostics correctly.

I don't exactly know what I am doing...

 

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Help anyone?