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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 02:33 PM
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Just put the long tubes on my c6. Went to start the car (open headers) just to pull it out of the garage to clean it and right when I started it I got a "hot engine:air conditioning off" light. It came on immediately when I turned the car on and it was only running about 1 minute to get into the driveway. We did have the battery disconnected during the install also.
Any info on why this light is on?Should I reset the battery again? The headers were burning/smoking a little immediately also as expected.Not sure if that was also contributing to the light or not.

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I am thinking you have some sensors unplugged and the car is confused
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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The engine temperature sensor can easily be damaged with a header install. It is underneather the alternator.
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