car in body shop for 3 weeks, now home and thermometer is WAY off!
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car in body shop for 3 weeks, now home and thermometer is WAY off!
....like 130 degrees Farenheit off, currently reading 185 F! I did a little searching before posting, saw a thread where someone had this issue after a car wash. The advice to him:
Others in that thread said it was a dealer reset, but wouldn't you think (even a dope like) I could do it?
Others in that thread said it was a dealer reset, but wouldn't you think (even a dope like) I could do it?
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Yep, your temp sensor is no longer plugged into the socket. No biggie really. You car reads the air temp of the intake at your MAF.
The part is about $19.
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The part is about $19.
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BTW capt...yes, outside temp; currently about 55 here, reading 185.
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if its the outside temp sensor.... it its cracked or unplugged it will either read extremely high like 185.... and yes its about $19 if you need a new one... it just plugs in..
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damn i needa get it fixed.. problem is i got hit with a tire, taking out my foglight and messing up the wires.. so do you guys think that i might also need to replace the temp sensor harness also?
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i would have to say, with my experience.... the thing is plastic and flimsy, it prob just snapped the tip off of it.....
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If this is the case, I will be doing that.
I don't care how hot it is outside, thats what the air conditioner is for. I DO care how hot my intake air temp is though.
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sooooooo are you telling me that if I unplug the air temp sensor I can convert my digital readout to a intake air temperature display?
If this is the case, I will be doing that.
I don't care how hot it is outside, thats what the air conditioner is for. I DO care how hot my intake air temp is though.
If this is the case, I will be doing that.
I don't care how hot it is outside, thats what the air conditioner is for. I DO care how hot my intake air temp is though.
The ambient air temp sensor will not read the intake temp at the MAF. You can however get this info by having an OBD II computer plugged into your OBD port. There you can get the intake temp, spark advance, engine load, etc. Lots of cool stuff to look at.
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You're completely correct about me needing to hook up an OBD-II device though, I want to do that very badly!
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What happened in my case was the temperature sensor was broken, and it was reading 85 C, just replaced it with one of a scrap-jard for a very cheap amount, pushed it back in and worked like a charm. So probably yours in broken or just missing. If you remove the front mudflap on the passanger-side (the lowest one that is connected to your fender) you can see the place where you mount it. You just push it in that's it. For cabling it's the thin green wire and brown wire. The thicker green wire is the one for the foglight.
