IAT on 94 4.0l Pushrod V6 VIN X

I am posting this question again. My Ford Service Manual saids that I
have a IAT Sensor. Inlet Air Temperature.

I have looked and do not see it. The only place I can think it might
be is on the bottom half of the air filter section of the air intake
housing. That is the only area that is somewhat obscured and I have
not looked thoroughly there.

I am hoping to hear from someone who has personally seen on of these
sensors on their 94 Explorer.

Thanks,

Sam in Raleigh

"Sam" > wrote in message
...
> I am posting this question again. My Ford Service Manual saids that I
> have a IAT Sensor. Inlet Air Temperature.
>
> I have looked and do not see it. The only place I can think it might
> be is on the bottom half of the air filter section of the air intake
> housing. That is the only area that is somewhat obscured and I have
> not looked thoroughly there.

Just pull the upper part off the airfilter housing, pull the element out and
you can look inside
if its there you will see it
>


> I am hoping to hear from someone who has personally seen on of these
> sensors on their 94 Explorer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam in Raleigh

come to think of it, isn't the iat located on the upper intake, behind
t-body ????????


"JohanB" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Sam" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am posting this question again. My Ford Service Manual saids that I
> > have a IAT Sensor. Inlet Air Temperature.
> >
> > I have looked and do not see it. The only place I can think it might
> > be is on the bottom half of the air filter section of the air intake
> > housing. That is the only area that is somewhat obscured and I have
> > not looked thoroughly there.
>
> Just pull the upper part off the airfilter housing, pull the element out
and
> you can look inside
> if its there you will see it
> >
>
>
> > I am hoping to hear from someone who has personally seen on of these
> > sensors on their 94 Explorer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sam in Raleigh
>
>

Sam > wrote in message
...
> I am posting this question again. My Ford Service Manual saids that I
> have a IAT Sensor. Inlet Air Temperature.
>
> I have looked and do not see it. The only place I can think it might
> be is on the bottom half of the air filter section of the air intake
> housing. That is the only area that is somewhat obscured and I have
> not looked thoroughly there.
>
> I am hoping to hear from someone who has personally seen on of these
> sensors on their 94 Explorer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam in Raleigh

Just off the top of my head I seem to recall it's in the air cleaner housing
somewhere (on either my '91, '92, or both) and I think you need to pull out
the air cleaner element to see it. I'll take a look later--I just
discovered that my wife managed to knock my battery out of it's holder this
morning. She must have been doing some jumps with my Explorer again :-|

Ulysses > wrote in message
...
>
> Sam > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am posting this question again. My Ford Service Manual saids that I
> > have a IAT Sensor. Inlet Air Temperature.
> >
> > I have looked and do not see it. The only place I can think it might
> > be is on the bottom half of the air filter section of the air intake
> > housing. That is the only area that is somewhat obscured and I have
> > not looked thoroughly there.
> >
> > I am hoping to hear from someone who has personally seen on of these
> > sensors on their 94 Explorer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sam in Raleigh
>
> Just off the top of my head I seem to recall it's in the air cleaner
housing
> somewhere (on either my '91, '92, or both) and I think you need to pull
out
> the air cleaner element to see it. I'll take a look later--I just
> discovered that my wife managed to knock my battery out of it's holder
this
> morning. She must have been doing some jumps with my Explorer again :-|
>
>

It turns out that what I was thinking of was the so-called "bimetal sensor"
that is a vacuum control that controls whether the hot air from the engine
goes in the intake or the cold air from outside. My Hayne's manual shows
that the IAT is located somewhere in the front, left near the battery and
air cleaner. But the description of it says it's "threaded into a runner of
the intake manifold." I suspect it may be the device that's screwed into
the intake manifold just in front of the vacuum cluster and has two wires
going to it. I also suspect that if it was not working properly you would
get a CEL and error code 24 or 54 or 112, 113, or 114.

I have searched all along the air intake tube and see no sensor. I do
see the bimetal sensor.
Upon further examination I have located a senor with 2 wires going in
to it that is screwed into the upper intake area on the driver side
close to the firwall.
I have a Haynes Manual and a Ford Service Manual and NEITHER one of
the IAT Sensor located on the Upper Intake area. I have been having a
little trouble finding accurate info for my engine which is a 4.0l
pushrod v-6.

In my fact finding mission I find it extremely necessary to know the
location of every sensor. That is why I am posting so many questions
about this sensor because this is the only sensor I am having a
difficult time finding correct information on.

Thanks for your help. I am going to assume that there is no way the
sensor that I am talking about on the upper intake assembly could be a
coolant temperature sensor because there is no coolant flowing through
the upper intake assembly. The only sensor that I can think it would
be is the "mysterious" IAT Sensor !!

Thanks for you reply. I welcome anyone with any more facts reference
the IAT Sensor location on my 94 4.0l Pushrod V6.


Sam in Raleigh.
>
>It turns out that what I was thinking of was the so-called "bimetal sensor"
>that is a vacuum control that controls whether the hot air from the engine
>goes in the intake or the cold air from outside. My Hayne's manual shows
>that the IAT is located somewhere in the front, left near the battery and
>air cleaner. But the description of it says it's "threaded into a runner of
>the intake manifold." I suspect it may be the device that's screwed into
>the intake manifold just in front of the vacuum cluster and has two wires
>going to it. I also suspect that if it was not working properly you would
>get a CEL and error code 24 or 54 or 112, 113, or 114.
>

Sam, see the picture of the harness I posted to your other thread. The
IAT is #20 on the picture.

Good luck,

Steven

Sam wrote:
> I have searched all along the air intake tube and see no sensor. I do
> see the bimetal sensor.
> Upon further examination I have located a senor with 2 wires going in
> to it that is screwed into the upper intake area on the driver side
> close to the firwall.
> I have a Haynes Manual and a Ford Service Manual and NEITHER one of
> the IAT Sensor located on the Upper Intake area. I have been having a
> little trouble finding accurate info for my engine which is a 4.0l
> pushrod v-6.
>
> In my fact finding mission I find it extremely necessary to know the
> location of every sensor. That is why I am posting so many questions
> about this sensor because this is the only sensor I am having a
> difficult time finding correct information on.
>
> Thanks for your help. I am going to assume that there is no way the
> sensor that I am talking about on the upper intake assembly could be a
> coolant temperature sensor because there is no coolant flowing through
> the upper intake assembly. The only sensor that I can think it would
> be is the "mysterious" IAT Sensor !!
>
> Thanks for you reply. I welcome anyone with any more facts reference
> the IAT Sensor location on my 94 4.0l Pushrod V6.
>
>
> Sam in Raleigh.
>> It turns out that what I was thinking of was the so-called "bimetal sensor"
>> that is a vacuum control that controls whether the hot air from the engine
>> goes in the intake or the cold air from outside. My Hayne's manual shows
>> that the IAT is located somewhere in the front, left near the battery and
>> air cleaner. But the description of it says it's "threaded into a runner of
>> the intake manifold." I suspect it may be the device that's screwed into
>> the intake manifold just in front of the vacuum cluster and has two wires
>> going to it. I also suspect that if it was not working properly you would
>> get a CEL and error code 24 or 54 or 112, 113, or 114.
>>

I let me wife drive my car one day after spending a couple of hours
washing/waxing, detailing the wheels, etc only to have her come home
and the front tires had mud all over them.
When asked she had no idea where it came from. I am not talking
about a little dirt on the tires that were armor alled...I am talking
about a physicall accumilation of mud that had dried on the tires and
wheels.


>
>Just off the top of my head I seem to recall it's in the air cleaner housing
>somewhere (on either my '91, '92, or both) and I think you need to pull out
>the air cleaner element to see it. I'll take a look later--I just
>discovered that my wife managed to knock my battery out of it's holder this
>morning. She must have been doing some jumps with my Explorer again :-|
>

Sam > wrote in message
...
> I have searched all along the air intake tube and see no sensor. I do
> see the bimetal sensor.
> Upon further examination I have located a senor with 2 wires going in
> to it that is screwed into the upper intake area on the driver side
> close to the firwall.
> I have a Haynes Manual and a Ford Service Manual and NEITHER one of
> the IAT Sensor located on the Upper Intake area. I have been having a
> little trouble finding accurate info for my engine which is a 4.0l
> pushrod v-6.
>
> In my fact finding mission I find it extremely necessary to know the
> location of every sensor. That is why I am posting so many questions
> about this sensor because this is the only sensor I am having a
> difficult time finding correct information on.
>
> Thanks for your help. I am going to assume that there is no way the
> sensor that I am talking about on the upper intake assembly could be a
> coolant temperature sensor because there is no coolant flowing through
> the upper intake assembly. The only sensor that I can think it would
> be is the "mysterious" IAT Sensor

There is no way it's a coolant sensor on the upper intake manifold (throttle
body). There is a coolant sensor mounted next to the thermostat. The one
on the upper intake must be the IAT and that's what I thought I said (maybe
I 'd better re-read what I posted). I was merely sharing the information in
the Hayne's manual in case it revealed some clues and trying to point out
that there was a discrepancy in their instructions. The problem, the way I
see it, is to rule out the misinformation but first we have to determine
which is correct.

>
> Thanks for you reply. I welcome anyone with any more facts reference
> the IAT Sensor location on my 94 4.0l Pushrod V6.

Does this read 4.0 "one" or 4.0 "L" ? If it is a 4.0"one" then it may be
different but the usual designation for this engine is 4.0L.

>
>
> Sam in Raleigh.
> >
> >It turns out that what I was thinking of was the so-called "bimetal
sensor"
> >that is a vacuum control that controls whether the hot air from the
engine
> >goes in the intake or the cold air from outside. My Hayne's manual shows
> >that the IAT is located somewhere in the front, left near the battery and
> >air cleaner. But the description of it says it's "threaded into a runner
of
> >the intake manifold." I suspect it may be the device that's screwed into
> >the intake manifold just in front of the vacuum cluster and has two wires
> >going to it. I also suspect that if it was not working properly you
would
> >get a CEL and error code 24 or 54 or 112, 113, or 114.
> >

rect.
>
>>
>> Thanks for you reply. I welcome anyone with any more facts reference
>> the IAT Sensor location on my 94 4.0l Pushrod V6.
>
>Does this read 4.0 "one" or 4.0 "L" ? If it is a 4.0"one" then it may be
>different but the usual designation for this engine is 4.0L.

The font on my newsgroup reader indicates l as a lowercase "L". It
designates 1 as such. I am used to my font. Sorry if you caught it


You are as anal as I am and that is a good thing because it is the
tiny details that are usually overlooked and can sometimes turn out to
be the biggest factors! It is great to a does of my own medicine!!

Thanks

Sam in Raleigh.