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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Ok ever since I got my procharger put on with my fmic my car just randomly gets hot as hell and then it goes away. I checked coolant, use purple ice, have a new ati fan, and I just put my thermostat in boiling water and it opened up. It's only been in the 40's too. What's going on and what should I do?
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CMKworm
Ok ever since I got my procharger put on with my fmic my car just randomly gets hot as hell and then it goes away. I checked coolant, use purple ice, have a new ati fan, and I just put my thermostat in boiling water and it opened up. It's only been in the 40's too. What's going on and what should I do?
You should read the temp with a scaner ro use a temp gun to verify the temp on the gauge it might be a bad gauge.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DravenMyers
You should read the temp with a scaner ro use a temp gun to verify the temp on the gauge it might be a bad gauge.
I have seen intermittent ECT sensor connection (at the sender)
make for some insane PCM spark and fuel behavior. Might want
to clean, see if you can tighten up the spring-clip.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 08:49 PM
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Where exactly are those things at? To check the guage do I have to pull the part behind the steering wheel out?
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 09:44 PM
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There were a number of people that had overheating problems with there ATI kits in the past do a search and see what they did to fix it etc...
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CMKworm
Where exactly are those things at? To check the guage do I have to pull the part behind the steering wheel out?
I dont think your gauge is broken what I am trying to say is to confirm the reading on it to berify that it is overheating
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:41 PM
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True, it's weird b/c I never had a problem until I put this thing on!
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:43 PM
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I'd take the fmic off to see if the problem goes away.
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Old Mar 16, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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my brother had an air pocket in the coolant and would overheat, did you just change it??????????????
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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 12:27 AM
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Not changed recently.
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