97 Ram 5.9l has two sensors....not sure if both are cts or what. My motor blew up so I swapped in the 5.9L out of my 98 parts truck which only has 1 cts sensor. Swapped all wiring off the old engine and put on the new one. Just that one sensor is missing. CEL is ON probably due to the coolant gauge not working. Any ideas on what to do here? Thanks
ttt.....need to drive my truck....please help
Hall Of Fame
on the older models, one of the sensors operates the gauge, and the other talks to the pcm. there's a long post about it within the last week or so, including which is which.
what your truck wanted you to do was remove the intake from the 97 engine and put it on the 98. what you may have to do is look for a capped off plug, or drill and tap a new hole, or just run one sensor, probably to the pcm, and let the gauge not work, or maybe rig the gauge in another manner. sounds a little late, and not worth the trouble, to swap the intakes.
what your truck wanted you to do was remove the intake from the 97 engine and put it on the 98. what you may have to do is look for a capped off plug, or drill and tap a new hole, or just run one sensor, probably to the pcm, and let the gauge not work, or maybe rig the gauge in another manner. sounds a little late, and not worth the trouble, to swap the intakes.
definately a little late to swap the manifold....could I use the single sensor and tap into the wires?
Hall Of Fame
i don't know. here's a couple of threads.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...re-sensor.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...t-sensors.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...re-sensor.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...t-sensors.html
havent really been able to find any info as to what to do....whether I can tap into the single one or not....I dont know what kind of signal it sends....hmmm
Hall Of Fame
i'm not sure if there's enough room to make this work right, but you might build a T that will screw into the manifold, and allow you to screw in both sensors. wires might need extending and it'll look like $hit, but it would work.
thats true...didnt think of that.....who cares what it looks like as long as it runs...Im the only one under the hood anyway
Champion
the single wire runs your gage which shouldnt throw a CEL.....im not sure if a t would work that well or not.......you could fab up a pipe with a bung and splice it in your heater hose to put it at......