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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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We are having some unusually cold wx here in FL and I decided to take a spin this morning to see how my car liked it. Well I just putt around until I get to operation temp and then get on it a little bit.

After I let out of the thorttle and shift to 5th gear my water temps drop all the way down and my car starts to stutter and buck. I put it in neutral and the revs are sitting at 2k for some odd reason.

Then the water temps jump back up to normal and everything is fine. This happens cyclically for about ten minutes, then the car just drives perfectly normally again.

Anybody have a clue as to what this could be?
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:17 AM
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which thermostat do you have? thats weird. does sound like alot of you southern boys have been havin trouble with the cold.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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yes **** the cold weather
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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It is the stock thermostat (180), while the cold does suck it is fun breaking the DR's loose at 60 mph.
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by stevegrizzle
It is the stock thermostat (180), while the cold does suck it is fun breaking the DR's loose at 60 mph.
hell ya

just stay inside, the cold will be over tomorrow and your car will be back. not sure what causing it though, mine was running like a champ in 29* weather last night
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Old Jan 3, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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Mine ran great in 11* weather last night.

Dont know about your problem mine ran pretty bad for some reason when i first put a new thermostat in. dont know if that helps.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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Thanks for the responses guys, but no insights?
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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Could possibly be your temp sensor? Or, it could be a sticky t-stat
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You MAF sensor has never seen those kind of temps and got confused
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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Thanks guys, the problem hasn't reared its ugly face since so I am going to let it go and if it reoccurs start by changing the t-stat.
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