In noticed a broken sensor as I was putting my engine in today. It is on the upper manifold, on the driver's side, and has 2 prongs on it, coming out of the sensor which is bolted into the manifold. Any idea what it is? I am a bit worried that it needs to be replaced now,ut what kind of sensor is it??!?!?!?!?!?

 

hmmm...2 prongs...TPS?

 

Driver's side of the upper intake manifold, not the front of the throttle body

 

Basically, it looks like a electrical plug, pointing out of the upper manifold.

 

air intake temp sensor? that's where it is on the turbo anyways.

 

Is it important? Will the car run ok w/o it?

 

yes / maybe

 

According to Haynes's it is part of the hot start assist system. Can anyone tell me where to get, or if I "need" this sensor?!?!?!?!

 

hey rico thats the sesor that is located on the back end of the intake manifold (upper) thats is its facing the firewall if you leave it disconected it will give you the not so nice engine light i know because after i did my intake i forgot to plug it in and found that same sensor unpluged pluged it back in and engine light gone hehe though i didnt notice any side effects on how the car ran. hope that helps ya

 

Rico, you really didn't need to start a whole new thread about your air temp sensor, you could have just asked in this one. It gets confusing!

And yes you need it. Replace it.