Coolant temp sensor setup for my ZT...





Original EFI sensor, original t-peice that fed it when fitted to the inlet manifold.
Only seems to register up to about 50 degrees and when I removed the sensor to check there was water there nothing came out untill I cracked the header tank cap... This was with the engine running!
I thought water was pumped through the heater matrix all the time?!

Not a big deal as I can just fit a sensor to a waterway on the head but would of been easier this way! lol

 

it would have flowed through the cylinder head though? on efi inlet?

 

Have you just filled it with coolant? Could have been air locked . . .

 

I think so yes and thinking about it, coming through the matrix will cool it and give me false temp readings anyway so not a good place for it!! lol
Drilling the head is the way, just need to grab a sensor as the EFI one is huge!!
Yes I had thought of that but believe there to be no air in the system.

 

water needs to flow over the sensor

 

get yourself an alloy sensor adaptor,then then end of the sensor pokes into the flow of water

 

I here people fit them in the thermostat housing??

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32mm-WATER...item564773ac6a

 

Thats wat i once did, worked spot on too. On the pipe that fits to thermo housing. Dont mk 5 n 6 escorts have them there too?

 

Anyone else think that looks pikey? Haha!

 

Oi! What you saying?!! lol

Drilling and tapping the head as we speak to fit the sensor, next to the stat housing

 

If you fitted a CVH thermostat housing this wouldnt be an issue and all the pipework would be tidy and fit correctly.

 

I have fittted a CVH stat housing! Doesnt have a CLT sensor in it though does it mate?! lol

Anyway not a problem now, 20 mins fitting two sensors and job done

 

The Stat housing has a tap in it already for a sensor.

Rick

 

What a CVH housing?

 

yes thats were i used to run my aftermarket guage of

 

the cvh housing has fan switch

 

Maybe, you can fit the efi water temp sensor on the same place that the fan switch goes on the CVH termostat housing with some kind of adapter.....
The problem is when the thermostat close....EFI sensor will no read the right water temp...
So the best place is to drill a new hole on the head....

 

Oh didnt realise that! Handy to know!
Yeah thats no use! lol