Coolant Temp Sensor in EARLY 12V 2.8 (1992 FWD 100S)

[Kent McLean]

Grant wrote:
> A friend has a 1992 (?) 100S front wheel drive 2.8 V6, with a failed CTS.
> 
> I just learned (getting the part) that this is not the clip-in style i am familiar with, and all the tutorials and videos cover, but an earlier screw-in version.
> 
> Does anyone have any BTDT to make my job easier, or even a link to a video/tutorial/diagram of where it is exactly and how to get at it on the earlier cars?

Here’s a diagram of a 2.8 V6, but I don’t know if it shows the screw-in CTS or clip-in one.  The CTS is to the left rear (upper right in the diagram).

   http://www.12v.org/engine/index.php?section=cl&view=cool <http://www.12v.org/engine/index.php?section=cl&view=cool>

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Kent McLean
’02 VW Beetle TDI and lots of ex-Audis, including Bad Puppy