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#3
yes it is mounted there. seems that pointed me in the right direction. according to this video the ECTS is the one behind it, the burnt one "just sends the signal to your gauge cluster for the piece of crap they call a temperature gauge"
thanks for getting me going the right direction
thanks for getting me going the right direction
#5
If you have the 3.0 engine, you have 2 temperature senders that are next to each other. The one closest to the radiator hose has one wire on it and is for the temperature gauge in the instrument cluster. It is used for nothing else. You could take it out and the car would never know the difference.
The other temperature sensor is the ECTS and has 2 wires on it. This is used by the ECU for controlling the radiator fans, how much fuel to inject and probably other things.
You can replace the sender without draining the engine. When you have the old one unscrewed, have the new one ready to pop in when you remove the old one. Very little coolant loss that way.
The other temperature sensor is the ECTS and has 2 wires on it. This is used by the ECU for controlling the radiator fans, how much fuel to inject and probably other things.
You can replace the sender without draining the engine. When you have the old one unscrewed, have the new one ready to pop in when you remove the old one. Very little coolant loss that way.
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