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Old Aug 20, 2019 | 08:59 PM
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So after my injector swap i noticed my coolant temp sensor wire harness was broken in pieces, got one from auto zone and when i went to splice the new pigtail, i noticed it had 2 black wire together and a purple wire, not the yellow and black, i spliced it up and without fail my code came up for coolant temp sensor, switched the wires and still the same even the cooling fan comes ( no ac on) on right away, so now my question is 2 fold, where might i find within the harness the yellow and black wire, and where would the purple and black wires going, everything is tightened up and where it belongs and it starts but runs rich and has throttle issue, probably over compensating for the coolant temp sensor. anybody going through a rebuild that can trace the wires is need> thanks
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Old Aug 20, 2019 | 10:11 PM
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A little Googling I believe you got wrong connector. Several vendors sell 2 wire(1 yellow and 1 black) connector for CTS.
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Old Aug 20, 2019 | 11:44 PM
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i have the two wire connector when the old pigtail connector broke it was 2 black wires to one side and a purple to the other, maybe it was not the CTS pigtail but everything else is matched up correctly...im scratching my head, my *** and .....
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https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-PT2386-Professional-Multi-Purpose-Pigtail/dp/B001DUIJCC/ref=asc_df_B001DUIJCC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312061942313&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7941053407012424458&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030985&hvtargid=pla-633109357637&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=63195598318&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312061942313&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7941053407012424458&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030985&hvtargid=pla-633109357637 https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-PT2386-Professional-Multi-Purpose-Pigtail/dp/B001DUIJCC/ref=asc_df_B001DUIJCC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312061942313&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7941053407012424458&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030985&hvtargid=pla-633109357637&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=63195598318&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312061942313&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7941053407012424458&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030985&hvtargid=pla-633109357637
I replaced mine because it fell apart but the sensor is quite good so it is still going.
Get the correct one then go from there.
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I got the pigtail it's the wire coming from my harness are 2 black together and a purple..that's where I'm like wtf??I need to know the route of the pigtail to the harness
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