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Old 02-28-2013 | 11:41 PM
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Unhappy P0118 two times in one week even after replacing ECT

sorry i meant TWO TIMES IN ALMOST TWO WEEKS..

CEL came on.. scanned it, result: p0118 (ect sensor h.i).
Replaced ect sensor which was a B1^7<* (the thread was messed up during the replacement and JB weld had to be used since it was a tiny bit loose), took the car to work everything running good & spr happy because i got my car running. Well i got to work once i was about to park my car turns off.... WTF!. CEL ON again. ran the car for about a week, scanned it & guess what it was.... p0118 AGAIN. I erased the code.. ran it for about 3 days CEL turns on Again but now i had hesitation/stuttering while cruising on the freeway (replaced tps about a month ago.. napa auto part) luckilly this time my friend let me borrow his scanner so i pulled over scanned & it was p0118.. erased it (annoyed already) actually ran good after i erased it, got home still had a lil stuttering but got home.. today i started the car, it starts on the 1st try checked the codes & p0118 is there and NOW p0121.
WTF !!. any help would be greatly appreciated.
this is my DD btw u.u

Last edited by EMM3H; 02-28-2013 at 11:43 PM. Reason: huh? (:
Old 03-01-2013 | 12:19 PM
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I've run across crappy ECT sensor connectors that gave
intermittent whacked-ECT readings and all the goodness
that ensues. You might check out the contacts, maybe
see if they can be tightened. Sometimes just a repetitive
reseating can get you "good enough for now".
Old 03-01-2013 | 04:29 PM
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I agree with jimmyblue had a car doing same thing if wiggle the connector and it would stumble I ended up just putting a new connector on it.



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