Re: ur-q/4kq oil temp sender?

[ejfluhr@austin.ibm.com (Fluhr)]

>Could it be that the misterious sensor on the back of the cylinder head
>is in fact the oil temp. sender?  Can anyone confirm or deny this?
>
>Luis Marques
>'87 4kcsq
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>gpowell@acacianet.com wrote:
>> I need a bit of help with getting the oil temp gauge working with the
>> new KUQEFH. The engine is an 83 ur-q block. The chassis in an 85 ur-q.
>> Only the 85 ur-qs and the 85-87 4kqs have the oil temp gauge. I have
>> not been able to figgerout where the oil temp sender should be
>> installed into the 83 ur-q engine block. I also have an as-yet
>> unidentified wahr down near the oil cooler, it has a round lug with a
>> rubber bootie, is this the oil temp sender wahr? Where should the oil
>> temp sender be installed?


I believe the oil temp sensor (for the oil temp gauge in the center
console) is located at the very bottom front of the engine, near the A/C
compressor (for the 4Kq/Coupe engines, at least).  It is in front of the
oil pan, mounting upwards into the engine, and the wire (at least on my car)
runs along the oil-pan-to-block mating surface towards the back of the
engine.  The wire attaches to the sensor with a phillips-head screw (why?),
and is covered by a little black boot (seems like the device Glen describes).

Later,
Eric
'85 Coupe GT
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