Low coolant sensor and sensor pigtail(connector) missing ???
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Burning Brakes
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From: Somewhere in Québec, Canada
Low coolant sensor and sensor pigtail(connector) missing ???
While i was taking some pics to help Toque on another thread, i told myslef that i could unbolt my coolant surge tank and drain it.This way i would be ready to install the new one when it will be shipped.
But here is the bottom of my tank :
It seems that it got no sensor in it, and the other things that bothers me is that nothing was connected to the tank, no pigtail or connection.After some searching i couldnt even find the low coolant sensor wire
I got the car for 3 years now and i never had any low coolant light or dic message or code...Does anyone got a pics of the pass side engine bay to show me what to look for (connector) ???But i can swear after a hole our of looking with good lighting that there is no connector what so ever...
Or maybe its just me and everything is wireless(sarcasm
)
Thanks
Eric
But here is the bottom of my tank :
It seems that it got no sensor in it, and the other things that bothers me is that nothing was connected to the tank, no pigtail or connection.After some searching i couldnt even find the low coolant sensor wire
I got the car for 3 years now and i never had any low coolant light or dic message or code...Does anyone got a pics of the pass side engine bay to show me what to look for (connector) ???But i can swear after a hole our of looking with good lighting that there is no connector what so ever...
Or maybe its just me and everything is wireless(sarcasm
)Thanks
Eric
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Burning Brakes
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From: Somewhere in Québec, Canada
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Burning Brakes
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Le Mans Master
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I have a 2001 and the FSM. I had thought there was a sensor but when I helped a friend with a coolant issue a year ago I was surprised to see there was no sensor. Hope you were drinking beer for the hour you looked. I would hate to think you wasted a whole hour just looking. 
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Burning Brakes
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From: Somewhere in Québec, Canada
Thanks for all the info 
Now that i know that the tank got no sensor, im now wondering:
If i ever miss some coolant,what would tell my pcm that i got a low coolant level if there is no sensor in the tank and no sensor in the rad ???
Now that i know that the tank got no sensor, im now wondering:
If i ever miss some coolant,what would tell my pcm that i got a low coolant level if there is no sensor in the tank and no sensor in the rad ???
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The PCM just monitors the actual coolant temperature and sends a message to the IPC if the temperature exceeds 256 F. Not sure why they deleted the level sensor unless it was to save a few pennies. The FSM still shows the low level input to the IPC for this except it says "not used".