Acid-Flux February 10, 2005 Share Acid-Flux Member February 10, 2005 Anyone know where the coolant sensor is located on a 94 Grand Am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke February 10, 2005 Share MrDuke Member February 10, 2005 Ask the angry vegetable. He is all knowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General J February 11, 2005 Share General J Member February 11, 2005 Wow. That I do not know. Best bet would be to go to your local library and check out the Haynes book for your car model. They completely tear down and rebuild the particular model. The book comes in handy for the strangest things. I would suggest anyone who wants to do work on their own cars to invest in one or get it from the library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Bean February 11, 2005 Share Mad Bean Member February 11, 2005 Ask the angry vegetable. He is all knowing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll check into it tomorrow when I'm at work. Are you looking for the coolant temperature sensor? Is it for a light or a gauge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Flux February 11, 2005 Author Share Acid-Flux Member February 11, 2005 temperature sensor. If I remember my old sunbird it was on the rad somewhere. but not 100% where it would be on the grandam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Bean February 11, 2005 Share Mad Bean Member February 11, 2005 Which engine, 4 or 6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Acid-Flux February 12, 2005 Author Share Acid-Flux Member February 12, 2005 Little more info on the car situation. I bought some coolant and toped 'er up and then took it out for a pretty decent drive on the highway maybe like 10-15 min, at 55mph. I let the car rest (went to the mall) and then drove back home light still on. I checked the coolant and it hadnt really gone down much. The temperature of the car was in the middle the whole way, sometimes it dipped lower but not ofter. Then that got me thinking, was the temperature of the car not rising to much because 1) I was driving semi-fast, which promoted air-flow through the engine compartment. 2) It was faily cold out, maybe like 30degrees F (-2 degrees C) so any help on this situation would be super-duper. I am thinking of just taking it in, becasue I guess I have to drain some of the coolant to get at the sensor; and I dont think the apartment manager would like coolant everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless February 12, 2005 Share Clueless GC Alumni February 12, 2005 Hmm, hopefully bean will look it up, but in the mean time, it has to be where there is coolant, so it has to be radiator, thermostat housing,intake manifold, or cylider head, all pretty close in radius there. I'm thinkin on or near t-stat housing on the v6, been a while, ima little rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General J February 12, 2005 Share General J Member February 12, 2005 When you say the light was on, do you mean the low coolant light? Or check engine light? Or one of the other 40 bazillion lights that newer cars have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Flux February 12, 2005 Author Share Acid-Flux Member February 12, 2005 Low coolant light.. Hence the problem with "low coolant" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless February 13, 2005 Share Clueless GC Alumni February 13, 2005 ahh, low coolant light, thats different, that is either in the radiator or in the plastic coolant bottle. I though you were talking about the temperature sensor. It's most likely in the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Bean February 13, 2005 Share Mad Bean Member February 13, 2005 Ok, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. But I kept forgetting to get the information. Clueless is right, if you are getting a low coolant light, there is a sensor in the overflow resevoir. To test that sensor, while the engine is running, smack the resevoir on the bottom and see if the light goes out. A lot of times that sensor will stick and turn on the light. If the light goes out, then that is the source of the problem. The coolant temperature sensor is located on the left (drivers) side of the engine under the intake. It is probably located near the thermostat housing, if not in it. I don't think that is the source of your problem though. If that sensor fails, the engine would not run properly. That sensor communicates with the computer and if it were giving false readings the engine might not idle. Let me know if you need more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid-Flux February 16, 2005 Author Share Acid-Flux Member February 16, 2005 Update: forgot to post this yesterday. I fixed it. Not really sure what the problem was maybe just a loose connection. I played around with it, sprayed some pipe cleaner around it, and it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flux March 1, 2005 Share flux Member March 1, 2005 Acid, love the name!! POSER!! Just kidding, but anyways GA's suck. I have a 2000 and I am looking to sell it. It is the 4 cyl. But I mean it runs awesome I just don't have time for a GA. www.s10forum.com is where it's at!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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