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Old 02-08-2008, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by pawoSD View Post
Yes its located on the engine's coolant thermostat assembly. Passenger side front of engine. The connector is a single wire that slips over a pin on the sensor. To ground it, get a piece of wire you can stick into the plug and then to a ground spot on the body of the car or on the engine. (The negative battery terminal works too)
Let me get this straight, the thermostat functions both to allow the blower to come on and to aid in the regulation of coolant flow?

So if I ground it and the blower works, does that mean I need a new thermostat? Even if the cooling system seems to work fine in the car?
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