Ok so I'm noticing lots of people putting their sensors in different positions after installing a cai. Does anyone know which position is correct? I installed mine with the tab down which I'm fairly sure was the oem position. However I've seen many people position it sideways. I've looked everywhere I can think of for a picture of oem position for 2013. So if anyone can offer a source of this info please help me out.
IAT Sensor Position
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I replaced my IAT exactly as OEM on a 2012. Might help.
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That's how mine is.
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The red tab faced out on my '09 just like in Casper's pic.
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Mine came with tab up; I'd say tab up or down doesn't matter. Doing so will keep air flowing through the sensor. Sideways (tab forward/back) would not force air through, but around the sensor's window.
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It picks up temp no matter which way it faces. It's measuring temperature, not airflow. A MAF would be different...an IAT doesn't care.
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Yea it is clearly designed in a way that the air can flow through it if positioned correctly. I couldn't tell a difference though I drove around for 20 mins with it facing sideways then flipped it back to the original position.
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It's just an IAT, man. I can assure you it doesn't care. You can just plug it in and not even put it in the intake tract and your truck will still run just fine. It measures ambient temperature...airflow has nothing to do with ambient temps on an inanimate object like a temp sensor.
Hell...when I ran a stock airbox with the Legmaker tube I had the IAT sensor in the bottom of the airbox. There's very little if any flow there....truck ran like a top.
Your own experiment showed you that. If you wanna verify that even more...pop it out of the intake, leave it plugged in and go drive around. Report back what happens.
Hell...when I ran a stock airbox with the Legmaker tube I had the IAT sensor in the bottom of the airbox. There's very little if any flow there....truck ran like a top.
Your own experiment showed you that. If you wanna verify that even more...pop it out of the intake, leave it plugged in and go drive around. Report back what happens.
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