What is this wire thing????

[maxcamaro]

What is this wire thing that plugs into the piece of ducting running from the air box to the air silencer???

[hou-tex-six]

IAT sensor.

Cp

[maxcamaro]

thats what i thought but wasn't sure....thanks

how important is that thing?

[AZv6camaro]

important ;)

[Cam]

We'll i wonder if i broke mine. Whats it do? we drilled a hole to stick it into my air box (me and max) and now when i run my engine hard it gets a little bit hotter. We also removed the air silencer.

[maxcamaro]

yeah that was wierd

[BLLDOGG]

you engine gets hotter cause your running it harder ;)

[Cam]

We ran it even harder yesterday and it barely raised, this is the first time ive seen it go over the 210 mark.

[BLLDOGG]

have you even checked your coolant? i would see how its doing.

[OneQuickV6]

That sensor doesn't have anything to do with your cooling system (well, it is part of how the fans decide when to turn on the 2nd stage, but that's minor). It does however help control your timing advance.

[Cam]

No i havent... i'll do that though. But why would one day make a diff. I put the thing back to stock now except its got a new airfilter so i think things will be better.

[BLLDOGG]

well, if its just one day, you were just running your car to hard on that specific day. was it a hot day?

[Cam]

yah it was hot both days. Not as hot today though. It'll probably be better now.

[BLLDOGG]

dont worry about it.