WTF! passenger side coolant temp sensor?

[E-Rue]

i found the craziest thing tonight fishing in the engine bay of my new typhoon. the coolant temp sensor had been removed from the driverside head, and placed into the passengerside head. the hole was plugged and the wire was cut, and extended, to reach to the other side of the engine? i cant think of any good reason to do this, but i though id ask before i went through the trouble to switch it.

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[4C FED]

Do you have ATR headers & Vortecs?
If so, there is no room to fit the sensor.
I wound up sticking mine where the turbo coolant line came out of the intake manifold.

 

[smeagol]

I just hacked my header flange a bit when I ran into that situation.

E, is your motor installed backwards maybe ?

Maybe he just swapped your passenger side head with the driver's side. If that's the case, you better re-route your spark plug wires, since they are completely backwards now.

Oh, FWIW, I was using the coolant sensor from a newer truck in my old Syclone. Much nicer sensor, the wire is molded into the sensor, so the plug isn't at the sensor itself, actually is located down a bit on the wire. Seemed to read the same as a stocker. Just an FYI in case you come across one in a junkyard or something, or if anyone gets a set of Vortecs with that sensor left intact.