Coolant sensor (03 Hyundai Getz)

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This is a google pic, I was looking at my car and thought this might be the coolant sensor? the wire circled doesnt go to far and just plugs in somewhere.

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Better picture

Not my exact car, just a google pic. But that position looks similiar to mine.

[livid phoenix]

@loud torrent do you have a 12v or 16v?

[livid phoenix]

This is an O2 sensor wire btw

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16v

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oh

[livid phoenix]

@loud torrent It will be at the back (drivers side) of your engine, ignition coils/throttle body area

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The ignition coils are on the passenger side

[livid phoenix]

Sorry

Passenger side, forgot RHD

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I got the new sensor coming today, hopefully fixes the problem.

Ill try and find the sensor location

Would I need to drain the coolant?

[livid phoenix]

Yes, if you don’t want to make a mess

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Bruh

[livid phoenix]

If there is enough room and you’re fast, you can just quickly swap it and only spill a little

Here’s a pic I found

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That sensor looks different from the one I bought

[livid phoenix]

It’s just a diagram, and it’s not exclusively talking about the temp sensor in that pic unfortunately

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[livid phoenix]

I’m trying to find a better pic

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Im tryna think where this is lol, hard to tell.

Bro

Its at the back?? or the side?

Because idk how easy access this will be tbh

[livid phoenix]

Might be the wrong engine in that pic

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This is mine

[livid phoenix]

But it’s at the back right if you’re looking from the front (I think, had looking on the internet like you were saying)

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G4EC

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Diff car, but ill check here.

Just above the alternator maybe

[livid phoenix]

You have the right sensor

It’s in this mess somewhere

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Ill go look for a wiring to a sensor rq

Can't see it

All the plugs I could find

[livid phoenix]

It should go into the head, so see if you can find a wire coming from the head at the back (passenger side) of the engine

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Idk

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Could be down there actually

But the wire on this one isnt that long, so idk where it will be

[livid phoenix]

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I went through so many websites selling these damn heads, to find one with the sensor in place

There you go 😆

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Do u got more angles so I can try and judge where this is?

[livid phoenix]

So around the left (back of your engine bay) of the engine

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?

[livid phoenix]

No, it’s down under

I’m just trying to orient you

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Oh

[livid phoenix]

The shiny bit of aluminum I pointed to in both pics is the same piece

This is the intake side of your head, the sensor is on the left in this pic

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This might be harder than I thought

This wire here?

[livid phoenix]

Yes

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This might be interesting to replace

[livid phoenix]

You will need to reach around back like this

And possibly from the side

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So prob best to drain my coolant?

[livid phoenix]

Yes, not going to be a quick remove and immediately screw the new one in situation

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Might just replace it too then

Even though I replaced 1 year ago, saves it getting dirty.

I used this last time, do I need to put 6.5L and idk why it says "Total flush required"

[livid phoenix]

Drain your coolant till it stops coming out, do your repair, and then add it back till the cold full mark, turn the heat on and burp the system, add more if needed

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Cold full mark?

[livid phoenix]

Dunno what it’s talking about total flush

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I dont have a coolant bottle thing

[livid phoenix]

Also, you most definitely don’t need that expensive coolant

[livid phoenix]

Oh, just fill it to whatever you did last time then

Did you fill to a mark or did you add a specific amount

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Mechanic did last time, since they had to replace all my belts.

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Gotcha

See what your manual says about it

That thing must have an expansion tank somewhere

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This is similiar to what I have

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Idk if I trust this coolant

[livid phoenix]

Manual says look on the side of the reservoir/expansion tank

There should be markings

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Oh

[livid phoenix]

Oz?

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SCA is supercheapauto.

[livid phoenix]

I mean where are you at

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Australia

Cheapest coolant lol

[livid phoenix]

I’d get either of these, just kinda wasting money above that for this application

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Idk if I trust a store brand coolant though

[livid phoenix]

Feel free to do whatever makes you comfortable, but I think it’s fine

I use the US equivalent of this stuff in my vehicles usually, it’s like $18AUS

I mean, and with no offence, it’s a Hyundai Getz, it won’t care what you put in it to be frank 😆

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True

Might just buy this then

Ill confirm its good first

[livid phoenix]

👍

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Idk why I bought expensive fluids in the first place

140 for oil is kinda wild

[livid phoenix]

Better that than be someone who never changes anything

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Yeah

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But yes that is wild wow

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This is why I dont use store brands 💀

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Ok I’ve never been faced with the situation where the US stuff is just better, but maybe it’s just better 🤣 you make your own call lol

I trust my American stuff but that Oz stuff seems to be weird

Here’s the listing that had the good pictures, if you want to scroll through for your reference https://www.b-parts.com/auto-parts/engine-transmission/cylinder-head-hyundai-accent-i-x-3-15-i-12v-2210026020-1994-1995-1996-1997-1998-1999-2000-2001-2002-10979128#

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Thanks

Hopefully ill replace the sensor this weekend

[livid phoenix]

You’re welcome, good luck man

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Thanks alot for the help

I might just stick to the expensive coolant 🤣

[livid phoenix]

You’re welcome, hopefully some of my rambling was of assistance

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Havent overheated so should be ight

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If that’s what it takes for it to not turn blue 😆

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Well now I know where the sensor is sorta, and now I wanna buy a new car.

Everything on this car is hard to get to I swear lol

[livid phoenix]

You need a Volvo 940

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Volvo?

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Not with the white block (6cyl), but the red block (4cyl)

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Yessir

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Never heard of a volvo

[livid phoenix]

Shitty Swedish cars im addicted to

They are easy to work on and have good access to everything

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Atleast u dont have a plastic cover, blocking half the stuff u gotta access

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Exactly

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I still gotta replace all my brakes lmao

Clutch too

[livid phoenix]

Yikes

Transverse clutch replacement means yoink nearly everything usually

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Ima pay a mechanic fr

They gotta drop the gearbox

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Reading a workshop manual rn

Says you drop the whole front subframe with the engine and transaxle

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Mechanic said they gotta drop the gearbox so idk

Also what do u mean when u said I gotta burp the coolant?

[livid phoenix]

When you drain the coolant and re fill, sometimes air gets trapped

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Isnt that running the engine with coolant in a funnel letting the bubbles escape?

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So you turn the heat on full, either drive or bounce the car

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My heat dont work

Gotta get the AC regassed lol

[livid phoenix]

Personally I just fill the reservoir and then burp, add as needed. Although with an especially small reservoir you may need to do the funnel thing

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Like at all, no warm air?

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I heard u can buy a fancy funnel that screws onto the cap thing, and with it running let bubbles come out and then plug it when it stops?

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Maybe some? I mean the ac blows a little cold air

AC gotta get regas fr

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I mean heat, the thing you normally don’t want down there I assume

The red, the warm

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I never use heat

I use to use it, but it stopped heating the windscreen so idk

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Gotta turn that sucker on and burp the system

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Also the switch is kinda stuck

I removed the front cover when I upgraded my radio, now the switch only goes halfway on red

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You wouldn’t do that in this application, just fill the reservoir to the max/full marking and then add as needed

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Oh

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(As you are burping)

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So maybe buy 2 bottles of coolant?

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Maybe, just to have.

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Your experience will probably be you add say 4L then it says it’s full, you burp it, then add another 1L or something and it’s full again

Numbers just for example

Some cars trap a lot more air than others, really depends on cooling system design

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I should be fine to use the 5L bottle, and if it needs more I can surely drive to the store to get more?

[livid phoenix]

Yeah, or just use some of what you drained out

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Like drive the car there

and i just top it up

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Let me find the coolant capacity

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Pretty sure 6.5

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Says 5.5

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Oh

[livid phoenix]

Could be more maybe

You’ll find out

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Prob best to just use new coolant yeah?

[livid phoenix]

Just buy 10L, you should really have some coolant laying around

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To be safe, really depends how cheap you need to be

I have in dire times just filtered all my coolant and put back in after doing something that I needed to drain it for

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I might just buy 5L and if I need more ill drive there and top it up

If it's 5.5L total

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I’d say if you need more after that 5L just top it off with what you drained, seeing it’s relatively recent

But of course do as you please

Just my penny pinching habits

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Will it be fine to use? I normally drain into my oil pan but I do clean the pan with water so should be fine right?

[livid phoenix]

I would use a different pan or just get new coolant.

Unless you get that thing sparkling clean

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hm

I might buy a second drain pan, if the 5L aint enough ill use some of the old stuff

Its like a year old so shouldnt be bad?

[livid phoenix]

Should be just fine

I like to use paint filters for this job

Those cone filters

Just to make sure no junk gets back in when re using coolant

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These?

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Yeah

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Prob dumb question, but what if I drained the coolant partially?

Or would that not work, idk if not ill just drain and replace it all.

[livid phoenix]

As long as it’s below the sensor you’re fine

I should have said that earlier

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How do I know if its below the sensor?

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Can’t tell you that

I’d drain like 2L

2-3

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Alright

[livid phoenix]

That should be plenty

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Might drain 50% and that should be good