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Old 05-24-2005, 01:10 PM
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What sensor is this?

On the passenger/top side of the radiator there is a sensor that just pushes into the radiator. Like a plug basically. Is this the coolant temp sensor? Mine was yanked out about a month ago after someone rear ended me causing my fan shroud to pop out of the grooves which yanked down on the wires going to that sensor. I remember pushing it back in and thinking "why didn't it snap in or anything". Yesterday it popped out again while driving only this time when I pushed it back in it snapped in place. Hopefully that fixed it.
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Old 05-24-2005, 01:41 PM
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Re: What sensor is this?

Sounds like the coolant level sensor.
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Old 05-24-2005, 04:54 PM
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yes that's the low coolant sensor
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Old 05-24-2005, 06:07 PM
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Re: What sensor is this?

There is a metal spring clip that allows it to snap in place and stay put. Make sure the spring "wire" is there.
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Old 05-24-2005, 10:06 PM
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Yup its your low coolent senser. Mines been busted for a year telling me that I need coolent, so I just unpluged it and vwala my coolent is fine now.
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Old 05-24-2005, 11:31 PM
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ya they're pretty notorious for giving false low coolant readings, had that problem on my car.
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Old 05-25-2005, 01:18 PM
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Thanks for all the responses. Like I said when I plugged it in this time it snapped in place so I think its good to go.
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