help quick won't start
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From: Toronto Ontario
Replace CTS and it'll run great!
If it started right up with a 3300 ohm resistor then the harness to the ECM is good. It stalled because the ECM thinks coolant temp is 70*F when the vette's normal operating range is around 200*F, therefore it is still running too rich. Time to replace coolant temp sender. All the best!
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Drifting
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Reading PA.
After all the trouble i've been having I go up to Auto Zone some young girl waites on me and looks up the sensor on the computer and brings it out and says this is it. I take a look at it and tell her the threads look too small and she says this is what it calls for. I pay 21 or 22 somewhere around that get it home remove the old one and find out the threads are the wrong size agggggggggggh
by now it's 7:57 and Auto Zone closes in 3 min. Too late to return it so I'll return it tomorrow and kill her at the same time
TILL TOMORROW GANG STAY TUNED Pipe
by now it's 7:57 and Auto Zone closes in 3 min. Too late to return it so I'll return it tomorrow and kill her at the same time TILL TOMORROW GANG STAY TUNED Pipe
Melting Slicks
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From: Saskatoon Sask.
As I explained when I told you about the resistors, as the car warms up, you have to replace it with a lower ohm one to keep it running. If you go to NAPA, they seem to have a better parts stock.(at least where I live)
Last edited by arbee; Aug 14, 2007 at 09:33 AM.
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Drifting
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From: Reading PA.
Ok Guy's I replaced the coolant temp. sensor and the car fired right up
I waited till it warmed up totally and tried jumping on the throttle and it responded well. I still have a small problem. I took the car for a ride out the bypass and when I jumped on it at 25 mph. it stumbles and misses. I just put new plugs in it while I was trying to fix it. Could they have gone bad again? I can't believe that a small sensor caused me this much grief! Maybe bad plug wires? They are 8mm Taylor wires maybe 2yrs. old? THANK YOU GUY'S VERY MUCH YOU WERE A BIG HELP IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM. I wish you were all closer so I could buy you all a few cold ones
Pipe
I waited till it warmed up totally and tried jumping on the throttle and it responded well. I still have a small problem. I took the car for a ride out the bypass and when I jumped on it at 25 mph. it stumbles and misses. I just put new plugs in it while I was trying to fix it. Could they have gone bad again? I can't believe that a small sensor caused me this much grief! Maybe bad plug wires? They are 8mm Taylor wires maybe 2yrs. old? THANK YOU GUY'S VERY MUCH YOU WERE A BIG HELP IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM. I wish you were all closer so I could buy you all a few cold ones Pipe
Instructor
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From: Toronto Ontario
Hooray!
Great. Now since you installed #24 injectors it wouldn't hurt to install an AFPR. Like that you can fine tune the fuel delivery ( thru adjusting the fuel pressure) and get rid of any stumble.
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Instructor
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From: Toronto Ontario
Also if the plugs are really dirty clean them or replace and spray carb cleaner thru the throttle body while reving the vette ( to get rid of all that carbon build up when running rich). Then you should be set!
