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Originally Posted by toyota2
the only problem is that i cant figure out whare its at on the motor. I havent been able to find it in the book.
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It's near the firewall, behind the air plenum (the silver air intake which covers the top of the engine), on the driver's side of the air plenum.
There's 3 things screwed into the top of the engine block there. The temp sensor is in the middle, directly below a water hose entering the firewall. The thing to the left side of it (toward the passenger side) is the "cold start time switch." (I'm not sure what the thing on the right is.).
I went and looked at mine again. Just follow the driver's-side edge of the air plenum all the way back to the firewall. You'll see a couple of wires connected to a hex fitting screwed into the top of the engine block. That's it. Coolant hoses are above it. But you can see it at an angle, underneath the hoses. There's a smaller sensor screwed in lower, and 3 inches to the right (driver's side) of it. And, a sensor about the same size, to the left. Like I said, it's the one in the middle, directly below a hose entering the firewall.
I changed mine 4-5 years ago. It wasn't too hard to get to. It was just hard to initially locate.
EDIT: made some corrections, that there are 3 sensors, not 2.