I'm always breaking stuff
 

I decided to pull my driver's side manifold to replace the gasket since it was blown and the ticking was driving me insane :mad:

anyway.. while pulling it out i kinda broke a sensor. Can anyone tell me what it is?

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...y/PICT0081.jpg

Could be the temperature sensor..

here: http://shbox.com/1/temp_sensor2.jpg

I believe its $35 at autozone

thats a relief. I thought was gonna be without a car for a day or two, thanks bro!

:chug:

actualy says its $12 online

no problem

I broke 2 of those just recently, make sure you get the right one. Autozone has like 3 different ones.

i'll make sure to bring the original with me

Be prepared for a serious flow of coolant when you remove it.....

Make sure you get the one that has one pin, the first one I bought from the parts store was the right sensor but the connector was setup for a 2 pin plug and the connector on the car was one pin. I had to have them pull a sensor from a different brand to get the right one.

Yeah the temp sensor is a fun one, especially if you go somewhere like the chain part stores. Huh two different temp sensors? Yeah you dumb rocks! Pull up the pictures, I want the one that goes in the head.:lol:

I hated that one cause you could never find it..lol

I'm currently using one in my Stroker that's from a 1998 LS1 only, it's a 3-pin. I have only found it at GM.

too late :D


good thing most of the coolant was drained as i was preparing to flush the system.

yeah, i broke that little thing when i was installing my headers. my friend was putting the drivers side header in from the top and we didnt see what was holding it, so after him pushing and me pulling, the header suddenly popped down. then i see i have a broken sensor, oh well. lol.

I think more people have broken that one than have not..lol

Personally, I would replace any sensor with oem original GM only.

I haven't broken mine yet ;D But I haven't removed exhaust, only did spark plugs.

I never broke that one, but somehow in its life it the plastic connector part had melted. Gauge still functioned.:lol:

I agree on using OEM parts for sensors. I should have noted that I had that wire get ripped off though, and I went through a circus with the dealership to get the right connector. Fun stuff, sometimes the diagrams on their screens have way too many numbers on them, hard to pick out and cross reference what you want.

I had to make a Connector for that. I couldn't find one, so I made one from a 2-Pin Connector for a Temp Seonsor.

You said it was a 3 wire, the TPS or computers CTS didn't work?

Oddly enough, the Ford Powerchoke has a few sensors that are 3 prong and are the same as the LT1s CTS and the 3 prong TPS heh. I know dis because there's a mod that if you want to make it look nice, you hack up a CTS to use the plug-in part heh (long boring story)