Log in

View Full Version : WTB: 1G Coolant temp sensor

Pages : [1] 2
CVD
05-21-2009, 04:12 PM
I need the sensor that reports to the ECU. It's for my Colt but I'm pretty sure they're all the same.

Needed ASAP, trying to sell the Stealth and I need a 2nd car to drive. I tried the parts store and the one they list doesn't plug in. I'm not into custom wiring the damn thing unless I have no other choice.
blageo23
05-21-2009, 08:18 PM
I have one. stop up at primo performance anytime and pick it up. its free :)
CVD
05-21-2009, 09:32 PM
OK, just for my peace of mind, can you describe it? The one off the car has a plastic plug/shroud around 2 narrow connectors. The one the parts store and mitsu have for my car has 2 wider prongs about the width of fuse connectors.
blageo23
05-22-2009, 02:25 AM
the one I have looks like this...
http://www.carpartsmit.com/images/domestic_images/images/standard/coolant_temp_sensor.jpg
only difference is that the one I have has white plastic not black
CVD
05-22-2009, 05:52 AM
Perfect, that's exactly the one I need. Why the heck do Mitsu and all the parts stores think I'm insane and try to sell me a different one?
bluedeath
05-22-2009, 08:11 AM
isnt that the one that goes in the bottom of the radiator? doent that only turn on the rad fan? i may be wrong....
At-Least-It's-An-Evo
05-22-2009, 09:04 AM
just take it off and goto autozone. I've gotten one there before, I swear it was like $3.
CVD
05-22-2009, 09:29 AM
It's the one that reports to the ECU, my logger reads between -15 and 8 degrees coolant temp right now. It goes into the top of the thermostat housing on a Colt.

I took it to Advance Auto Parts and the guy couldn't find it. He checked every sensor for every make and model Dodge/Mitsu/Eagle that ever came with a 4G61 or 63 motor. The one he sold me screws in, so technically it's the right sensor, but it doesn't have that plastic plug on it, and in no way shape or form plugs in.
bluedeath
05-22-2009, 05:31 PM
on my laser, the small one on the t housing is for the guage, big one with 2 large perpendicular blades is ecu, and the one in the pic above goes in the rad to switch the fans on. i go to advance auto, and i had to explain the exact location of the sensor on the rad and what it looked like for them to find it in the comp. they didnt even know there was one there. odd.
CVD
05-22-2009, 05:40 PM
On the Colt there are 2 on the thermostat housing, one top (the large one) and one bottom. The radiator cap is on the radiator. I was told the large one on top of the t stat housing went to the ECU. I will unplug it and check the logger to verify.