ECT Problem Please Help
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From: Holland MI
ECT Problem Please Help I put headers on about a year ago and when I did I broke the ECT sensor in the driver’s side head. Since I really wanted to drive the car I ordered a new sensor and just super-glued the broken one back together. Everything was fine driving with the old super-glued sensor. When the new sensor came in I installed it and the car wouldn’t start unless I pulled the fuel pump fuse start it up and then put the fuse back in. So I put the old sensor back in and everything was fine for a few months. Then I noticed that the temp gauge would dance around once and awhile. Randomly and very rarely the car would start to die and would get flooded when I would try to start it. I just got it out of storage yesterday and I decided to change the coolant and try to put another new sensor in to take care of the random issues. As soon as I put this new sensor in the ses light came on and it was flooding again it wouldn’t start, the temp gauge just sits dead and the fans just stay on. So I put the old one back in and now it did work either the gauge briefly went up but then down again. I switched them back and forth a few times and then the old one started working normally again. Until a unplugged it to check the ends and it started acting up again. Everything looks fine the connections are clean so I am thinking it must be the wires. Is there any way to check them? Please help!
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Originally Posted by brad8266
My car ran with the sensor unplugged before.
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Originally Posted by Berkompt
My car is running right now but the temp shows nothing the fans stay on and it floods easy when starting.
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From: Holland MI
I think it is fixed Last night I went home and checked everything again and found nothing. So I thought I would try and pinch the female ends of the ECT sensor plug closer together. It worked they must have been just lose enough to only conact some of the time that is why I was getting the dancing gauge. Thanks for the help.
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