Does anyone know where this wire is from?

[drakon543]

ha when i was first getting into automotive i got tossed to the wolves and was given a 360 to do headers on. the rear manifold bolts are sometimes punched right into the water jacket. so imagine a kid on the job taking a bolt out to suddenly get sprayed by coolant where there normally isnt coolant.

 

[GreyStone]

ha when i was first getting into automotive i got tossed to the wolves and was given a 360 to do headers on. the rear manifold bolts are sometimes punched right into the water jacket. so imagine a kid on the job taking a bolt out to suddenly get sprayed by coolant where there normally isnt coolant.

MOPAR - always exciting!

 

[Doubeleive]

nailed it

 

[96-2D-Hoe]

Expect to lose a couple gallons coolant. It's a tapered thread and the new sensor I received had a sealant on the threads already. I changed mine a couple years back. Get a Delco. I got a cheap one and it's way off. I should probably put the original one back in.

PS.
Truck could probably use a coolant flush anyway. The coolant is rated at 5 yrs, but since I had issues I've been changing a couple gallons a year, when it's not leaking out on its own.

 

[Roberto Ruiz]

I got around to replacing the sensor. Thanks to the advice of 96-2D-Hoe I was prepared for the coolant leakage and managed not to lose much. I wasn't able to test if the sensor pertained to the temperature gauge though. I turned the truck on and left it idling for less than 5 minutes. The gauge didn't move. I would've left it longer but I ran into a lil problem. As it was idling, after about 4 minutes, I started hearing a light stutter. Just barely noticeable but it was there. I then saw smoke coming from the tail pipe, I would say it was somewhere in between white and gray. And smoke from the air filter. The ribbed part that connects the filter to the air box doesn't seal completely and thats where I saw the smoke coming out. Any idea what can be causing the smoke? First pic is the loose plug fixed second is where the smoke was coming from.

 

[96-2D-Hoe]

Whatever it is it's not good. What does the air filter look like?

 

[Roberto Ruiz]

Filter is new, it had nothing on it.

 

[96-2D-Hoe]

It's just the cold air intake housing. The only thing that would normally feed into that is outside air and a breather pipe from the engine. You sure it's not just crap burning off where it's not been running?
How many miles on your engine?

 

[Roberto Ruiz]

I am hoping that's all it is, the odometer reads 250,000 I don't know if the engine has ever been rebuilt.

 

[96-2D-Hoe]

Hopefully it is just that, or some moisture. But it does look a bit greasy and neglected so... I don't want to go there.

Hopefully a real mechanic will chime in.

These trucks need a fair amount of basic maintenance to keep them running nicely. What's the history? Did you just buy it?