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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 01:20 PM
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coolant temp sensor pigtail

yes, i did a search on it, and someone said i needed to use the "A" terminal. so i did. basically what the problem is that i broke my coolant temp sensor in the head when doing headers. so i bought a new one, installed it, only to find that the pigtail had been melted by the headers (awesome!!), so I finally just got a pigtail today and the original pigtail only had one wire, and the new one has two.

I tried using the A terminal, still didn't work. my temp gauge sat below 0 and didn't even think about moviung even after 10 minutes of idling. all i basically did was strip about 1/8" wire from the existing pigtail wire (cutting off the old connector of course), crimped a butt connector on there, stripped about 1/8" of wire off of the new pigtail wire (the one in the a terminal), and then crimped that closed.

I tried the B terminal too, no luck. Not sure what to do... is it possible that the CTS in the water pump that goes to the PCM is faulty?
Old Apr 18, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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Sounds like you grabbed a CTS for the Water pump and not the head.. I'm pretty sure they're different. Try getting a different CTS for the head
Old Apr 18, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE AUTO ZONE. Always give me the ****ing wrong parts... i thought they were the same thing though..?
Old Apr 18, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Nope, not the same (although places like AZ think so). The dealer will have the correct one.
Old Apr 18, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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http://www.eficonnection.com/eficonn..._pigtails.aspx

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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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Its probly listed as a sending unit
Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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