Re: Replacing faulty CTS

#1

EASY fix!

The CTS is about $20, the connector is about $25.

The connector comes with the wire splices. All you need is a crimping tool
and a heat gun.

A crimping tool can be bought (a cheap one that will do the trick) for $10

A heat gun can be bought for about $30, but a cigarette lighter can be
bought for 39¢.

Cut the wires, put them into the splices, crimp the splices and then heat
them until the heat shrink tubing shrinks.

Then, if a code is set in the computer, you need to reset it.

Either use a code grabber to reset it, or do it the poor man's way:
Disconnect the battery for 10 minutes.

Voila! Fixed.

"furby" <congolizard (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Hi all,
My saturn(97 SL2 120K miles) has a faulty CTS and connector. The
dealer quoted approx. $200 to fix this, which seems a bit too
expensive to me. I was wondering whether this is something that I
could fix by myself. The haynes manual was not very helpful. (My
saturn also has trouble starting every now and then..I need to crank
the engine couple of seconds to start. I suspect the culprit is the
faulty CTS but I am not sure.)
Any ideas out there?
thanks,
Mike

#2

Quote:

The CTS is about $20, the connector is about $25.

The connector comes with the wire splices. All you need is a crimping tool
and a heat gun.

A crimping tool can be bought (a cheap one that will do the trick) for $10

LOL.....you can get a cheap one that will work about once(if you're lucky) at
the dollar store

#3

Please explain what the CTS is,
having problems with my car and don't know what else to look for.
I have replaced everything I know of.

TIA
Jeff

"furby" <congolizard (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Hi all,
My saturn(97 SL2 120K miles) has a faulty CTS and connector. The
dealer quoted approx. $200 to fix this, which seems a bit too
expensive to me. I was wondering whether this is something that I
could fix by myself. The haynes manual was not very helpful. (My
saturn also has trouble starting every now and then..I need to crank
the engine couple of seconds to start. I suspect the culprit is the
faulty CTS but I am not sure.)
Any ideas out there?
thanks,
Mike

#4

Coolant Temperature Sensor.

It is a temperature sensor, about 1.5 inches long and about 1/3 of an inch
in diameter.

It screws into the engine near the upper left (as viewed by the driver) side
of the engine, and measures the temperature of the coolant.

"JB" <jbo197 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Please explain what the CTS is,
having problems with my car and don't know what else to look for.
I have replaced everything I know of.

TIA
Jeff

"furby" <congolizard (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Hi all,
My saturn(97 SL2 120K miles) has a faulty CTS and connector. The
dealer quoted approx. $200 to fix this, which seems a bit too
expensive to me. I was wondering whether this is something that I
could fix by myself. The haynes manual was not very helpful. (My
saturn also has trouble starting every now and then..I need to crank
the engine couple of seconds to start. I suspect the culprit is the
faulty CTS but I am not sure.)
Any ideas out there?
thanks,
Mike

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