Sputtering and temp guage moving all over
Sputtering and temp guage moving all over I was driving my car last night my car started all of a sudden sputtering and popping, and the temp guage was going up, until it pegged, then going back down to normal. it looked like it was low on gas, but not low enough to where i thought i was going to run out of gas. I put some gas in it and it seemed to be alright, but then when i was driving it today the temp guage was doing the same thing, and so was the sputtering and popping, then my ses light started to flash, and now its on again. Did i bend a valve or blow a head gasket? ...or is it a spark plug or wire problem? I am going to check it tomorrow, and i wish i still had my HPtuners CD, but i cant find it. So im just wondering a couple reccomended places to start. Thanks everyone!
I was driving my car last night my car started all of a sudden sputtering and popping, and the temp guage was going up, until it pegged, then going back down to normal. it looked like it was low on gas, but not low enough to where i thought i was going to run out of gas. I put some gas in it and it seemed to be alright, but then when i was driving it today the temp guage was doing the same thing, and so was the sputtering and popping, then my ses light started to flash, and now its on again. Did i bend a valve or blow a head gasket? ...or is it a spark plug or wire problem? I am going to check it tomorrow, and i wish i still had my HPtuners CD, but i cant find it. So im just wondering a couple reccomended places to start. Thanks everyone!
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True. So today I hooked it up to a code reader and it had 5 codes thrown. Two were misfires in cyl 5 and two were o2 sensor bank two sensor two and one was for coolant over 268 degrees. I checked under the car and the sensor in question had the connector grind off somehow. So I'm gonna solder on another pigtail but I'm worried about the coolant code. Should I replace the tstat?
True. So today I hooked it up to a code reader and it had 5 codes thrown. Two were misfires in cyl 5 and two were o2 sensor bank two sensor two and one was for coolant over 268 degrees. I checked under the car and the sensor in question had the connector grind off somehow. So I'm gonna solder on another pigtail but I'm worried about the coolant code. Should I replace the tstat?
Why, it should be fine?
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Hmmm...just re-read your post. ECT isn't under the car it's by #1 in the drivers side head. Was the code P1114? According to my manual the SES will throw that if the ECT reads 282 degrees for 1 second.
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