hi i have changed the intercooler on my st escos to a rs500 style one, and there was a sensor on the old one but nowhere to screw it in the the new one.

1. what does it do because i tried driving with out it plumbed in and the car dont wanna boost like it used too?
2. has any one done this before and any ideas about where too fit it??

cheers guys

 

Hi mate, when you bought the intercooler you should have specified to who you bought it from that it needed a boss in there for this sensor to screw into. I had to get Radtec to re-do mine after i got it all the way home to find it wasnt there at all . Dont forget being an EEC-IV the car has a sensor which is monitoring the air at that point. I'd not try running the car with out this if it was me. It needs fitting just before the hose on the intercoolers pipe on the cooler to throttle body hose. Try fitting your hose onto the cooler and then mark with a pen where it could go into, be careful not to mark it too close to the front panel where the headlight lives as if you do this the sensor plug wiring wont go on properly

Mart

 

What does at actually measure then? Charge air temp?

 

yes

 

i thought it was like a flow meter, will this be why my car is not boosting properly the fact its not plugged in. i wouldnt of thought the temp switch for the charge would make that much difference????

 

The EECIV ecu requires this for correct operation,if it does not see the sensor it switches to Limited Operation Strategy based on a set of stored "Safe" values........you need to get this sorted asap....

 

cheers for the help guys will get sorted asap