How to Replace Coolant Temperature Sensor 2006-11 Toyota Camry

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So take the front bumper off. You don't have to have the car in the air, but it does make it easier for us to show you what we're doing. You're going to remove this 10 millimeter bolt here: there's one here, follow them right across the front. One here, here, another one here and this one over here. Use a 10 millimeter socket. They do have a spot in them for a Phillips head screwdriver but the socket makes it a little bit easier.

To remove these lower splash shields, we're going to remove the other 10 millimeter bolts. One over here and remove these bolts here. Somebody probably replaced these with aftermarket ones, they're most likely going to be 10 millimeters like the other ones but on this car they're 1/4 inch. Drain the coolant into an appropriate container.

Open up the drain that's here. Once that's open you can actually open the radiator cap, should come out a lot faster. Next up we want to remove this intake tube. It’s 10 millimeter bolts that are holding it to the output radiator support. That'll just lift out like that.

Going to put our bolts back in there so I know where they go at the end. Coolant temp sensor is located here. Back of the head there's an electrical connector that's threaded into the head. Going to remove it to disconnect the electrical connectors. Sometimes if you push these in first, it helps take some of the tension off the lock. And this one's on the bottom, push it in and then slide it off. Going to use a 19 millimeter wrench to remove it.

Reinstall the coolant temp sensor. Threading it in by hand to make sure that you don't cross thread it, it's going into aluminum. Snug it up with a 19 millimeter wrench. Reinstall the connector. There's this little hose back here that's in the way, there's a little ball stud going through the hose, just going to pop it off for a second. Install the connector til it snaps on, going to pop this little hose back into its little ball socket. Temp sensor's replaced.

Reinstall the air intake tube, just slides over the air box. Lines back up on the radiator support, install and tighten the 10 millimeter bolts. Reinstall the splash shields, slide up into the bumper. Install the other half. This piece went up into here. Just reinstall whatever hardware that's original to the vehicle that you took out here. Fill and bleed the cooling system.

We've got a special funnel set up to help us do that. You could do that with a regular funnel, just makes it a little bit easier, it's also easier for you to see it. Going to fill it with coolant, let the air bubble out. You're going to top the radiator off with the correct coolant then we'll turn the heat on, start the car, let it idle, come up to temperature and bleed out any air out of the cooling system. Now that it's bled, we take the funnel off. Carefully remove our adaptor here. Replace our radiator cap. Dispose of the extra coolant properly.

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How to Replace Coolant Temperature Sensor 2006-11 Toyota Camry

step 1 :Draining the Coolant

step 2 :Removing the Coolant Temp Sensor

step 3 :Installing the Coolant Temp Sensor

step 4 :Refilling the Coolant

Tools needed

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How to Replace Coolant Temperature Sensor 2006-11 Toyota Camry

step 1 :Draining the Coolant 0:24

step 2 :Removing the Coolant Temp Sensor 2:48

step 3 :Installing the Coolant Temp Sensor 3:40

step 4 :Refilling the Coolant 4:52

Tools needed

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step 1 :Draining the Coolant

step 2 :Removing the Coolant Temp Sensor

step 3 :Installing the Coolant Temp Sensor

step 4 :Refilling the Coolant