Oil temperature sensor location

MARKVAUGHN

MEMBER
2015 DODGE JOURNEY
2.4L
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
132,000 MILES

Want to change oil temperature sensor and need Info on its location and how to get to it? It's a 2.4l VVT du engine on the vehicle listed above SE model.

Monday, October 5th, 2020 AT 6:48 AM

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STEVE W.

MECHANIC
13,573 POSTS

Easy to get to it. Pop the trim cover off the engine. Now look on the passenger side of the engine near the pin that the trim cover snaps on. The oil temperature sensor is below it at the edge of the intake manifold. Has a two wire connector with brown/white and a violet/brown wires in it.

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