MN12nationals
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Ok another problem has arised with the SC.
The other day I did a little fishtail on the wet parking lot coming out of a store and as I was half way home I noticed that the "Check Gauge" light was on. Hmm, usually this means I'm low on fuel but this was not the case, so I glanced over at the temp gauge and noticed it was pegged.
Weird I though because the car seemed to be running fine, but I took it very easy the rest of the way home. I figured something must have came loose to cause this so I checked the wire that goes to the temp senser near the thermostat, and this was securely attached and made no difference if I wiggled it a bit. So I decided to let it sit and see if it changed when I started it back up. I did after the car sat all weekend while I was out of town, but to my disappointment it did the same thing this morning.
I chalked this up as something just faulty as the car ran fine and did not get any hotter then normal. As I drove to work I noticed at idle it would rev a few hundred RPM's but nothing to extreme. As I almost got to work the check engine light came on and it wanted to stall out. If I kept the RPM's up a bit it would run good, but at idle it would bog down and want to cut out. I also notice that it started to smell really rich all the sudden. Parked the car and it died since I let it try and idle.
Any ideas on this? I will try to get out there and pull a code on this if I can, but its raining out there now so it will have to wait till after work possibly.
Great way to start my Bday isn't it!
The other day I did a little fishtail on the wet parking lot coming out of a store and as I was half way home I noticed that the "Check Gauge" light was on. Hmm, usually this means I'm low on fuel but this was not the case, so I glanced over at the temp gauge and noticed it was pegged.
Weird I though because the car seemed to be running fine, but I took it very easy the rest of the way home. I figured something must have came loose to cause this so I checked the wire that goes to the temp senser near the thermostat, and this was securely attached and made no difference if I wiggled it a bit. So I decided to let it sit and see if it changed when I started it back up. I did after the car sat all weekend while I was out of town, but to my disappointment it did the same thing this morning.
I chalked this up as something just faulty as the car ran fine and did not get any hotter then normal. As I drove to work I noticed at idle it would rev a few hundred RPM's but nothing to extreme. As I almost got to work the check engine light came on and it wanted to stall out. If I kept the RPM's up a bit it would run good, but at idle it would bog down and want to cut out. I also notice that it started to smell really rich all the sudden. Parked the car and it died since I let it try and idle.
Any ideas on this? I will try to get out there and pull a code on this if I can, but its raining out there now so it will have to wait till after work possibly.
Great way to start my Bday isn't it!