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Coolant Temp Relay

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I am preparing to wire in a aftermarket gauge pod/cluster and was looking at the wiring diagrams for the factory wiring. I ran across a dark green/light green wire for the coolant temp relay. What does this relay do and will I need it?
 

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There is no coolant relay. The temp sensor is just pin 7 to pin 46.

Can you post a pic of what you are looking at?
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
There is no coolant relay. The temp sensor is just pin 7 to pin 46.

Can you post a pic of what you are looking at?
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#13 I been looking at about five schematics and don’t see this relay
 

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There isn’t one

This is the temp sensor for the ecu



And this is the temp guage for the cluster


I would assume they just mean to tap into the red/white wire from the temp sensor.
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
There isn’t one

This is the temp sensor for the ecu



And this is the temp guage for the cluster


I would assume they just mean to tap into the red/white wire from the temp sensor.
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I have the red/white for the gauge however I wasnt sure if the other was for the computer.
 

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Without know king what exactly you are wiring in I can’t really say. The light green/ yellow wire going to pin 7 is for the ECU. The other one only drives the stock temp guage.
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
Without know king what exactly you are wiring in I can’t really say. The light green/ yellow wire going to pin 7 is for the ECU. The other one only drives the stock temp guage.
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Just a straight up cluster. I have removed the wires from the connectors to wire to the pod however that one temp relay wire caught my eye.
 

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So here is an interesting one...

I took these from my Chilton Manual, under the 1989 section.



So the first pic is the instrument cluster connectors. The fifth label from the left is labelled 450 - DG/LG, the description says HOT WATER TEMP RELAY TO SENDER. All sounds the same as what the OPs document says. Here is where it gets interesting. I follow the wire in the diagram and it goes directly to the Seat Belt Warning Chime in the second pic where it is labelled 450 - DG/LG and description is SEAT BELT WARN. INDIC. LAMP FEED.
 

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KRUISR said:
So here is an interesting one...

I took these from my Chilton Manual, under the 1989 section.



So the first pic is the instrument cluster connectors. The fifth label from the left is labelled 450 - DG/LG, the description says HOT WATER TEMP RELAY TO SENDER. All sounds the same as what the OPs document says. Here is where it gets interesting. I follow the wire in the diagram and it goes directly to the Seat Belt Warning Chime in the second pic where it is labelled 450 - DG/LG and description is SEAT BELT WARN. INDIC. LAMP FEED.
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This is the diagram I have so I wonder if this is a mistake. Do 90 up have electric fans?
 

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This is the diagram I have so I wonder if this is a mistake. Do 90 up have electric fans?
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Only the 2.3L has a cooling fan relay. The temp sensor is still wired like the 5.0.


I’ve pulled these harnesses apart. There is no relay. It’s a simple resistance sensor. A relay doesn’t even make sense electrically speaking
 

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Only the 2.3L has a cooling fan relay. The temp sensor is still wired like the 5.0.


I’ve pulled these harnesses apart. There is no relay. It’s a simple resistance sensor. A relay doesn’t even make sense electrically speaking
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That’s what I was thinking however I thought I’d ask.
 
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