What is a Wax Pot?

[deej]

Help me, the stealership says I've got an antifreeze leak and they need to replace the wax pot(??) at $190 parts and $90 labor. They also said it has to do with the idle and that it is common at 200,000 KMS (120,000 miles) which I have on my 3.3l. Where do I start to look if I want to replace it myself? Any ideas on what the real name of this mysterious part is?

 

BTW- good to be back. I'll be submitting a "Replacing the rear control arm bushings" thread soon for those with the death wobble....

[Slick]

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh how i've missed you!!!!!

 

wax pot? wtf and i think they're jerkin yer chain there........ how can a/c affect your idle or whatever? (except maybe when it's ON)........ i'm drinking and not much help huh? great to see you tho!

[GrimGreg]

Could it be their technical term for the sensor on the upper hose that tells the ECU the coolent temp? I know it can cause the engine to run rich since the ECU thinks the engine is cold all the time.

[deej]

Could it be their technical term for the sensor on the upper hose that tells the ECU the coolent temp? I know it can cause the engine to run rich since the ECU thinks the engine is cold all the time.

 

That could be it, I'm gonna look into it a bit further....come to think of it, it has been sucking the fuel lately, I thought that might just be the -50 celcius we've been experiencing lately. Anyone want to send some heat up this way?

 

 

"Hi" to you to Slick, I'm blushing....

[yozsi]

They are talking about the thermo wax pallet, its a device that activates the high idle cam when the car is cold. if its leaking it needs to be replaced, very rare to go bad.

[Slick]

"Hi" to you to Slick, I'm blushing....

must join us int he poho when you get time dear!

[csutke]

mine's bad as well, just haven't got a chance to change it yet, ill take a pic of it tommorow for ya. you can find them at http://www.courtesyparts.com/betasite/1618...cPath=4700&

[deej]

mine's bad as well, just haven't got a chance to change it yet, ill take a pic of it tommorow for ya. you can find them at http://www.courtesyparts.com/betasite/1618...cPath=4700&

 

 

Thanks, so yours is leaking coolant as well? If that is indeed the part, you just saved me a ton of $$

[csutke]

mine leaks a little coolant but not a lot, you may even want to check a junk yard

[deej]

I got to looking at some of the diagrams and my Pathfinder is a 1998 so I'm thinking http://www.courtesyparts.com/betasite/1639...4-p-196302.html is the part number. It looks like they never made the part you listed until 1999, could I be wrong?

[deej]

I think I found the culprit...