Coolent sensor died....will it hurt......
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From: Pt. Pleasant, WV (Home of the Mothman!)
Coolent sensor died....will it hurt......
..running with it dead?The fan runs constantly and the damn SES light is bright as hell at night 
Will this cause the easy to start hard to keep running when cold problem I'm having?
I'm going to buy a new one here shortly but its raining.Theres nothing I hate more then working on a car in the rain
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Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
"I am just as enthusiastic about flying saucers as I always
was, but the problem is that we are in the middle of a
long, long trough. There's only so many times you can pick
over old bones. There just aren't enough new sightings. It
is not like being a philatelist - there is always something
new to say about stamps."
- Denis Plunkett, 70, a retired civil servant from Bristol
who founded the British Flying Saucer Bureau, which has
suspended its activities because of an apparent sharp
decline in the number of alien visitors to Earth.
Will this cause the easy to start hard to keep running when cold problem I'm having?
I'm going to buy a new one here shortly but its raining.Theres nothing I hate more then working on a car in the rain
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Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
"I am just as enthusiastic about flying saucers as I always
was, but the problem is that we are in the middle of a
long, long trough. There's only so many times you can pick
over old bones. There just aren't enough new sightings. It
is not like being a philatelist - there is always something
new to say about stamps."
- Denis Plunkett, 70, a retired civil servant from Bristol
who founded the British Flying Saucer Bureau, which has
suspended its activities because of an apparent sharp
decline in the number of alien visitors to Earth.
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You could have way more problems than that.
I replaced my ECM because my fan was constantly running.
The ECM had a burnt curcuit part on the board panel.
Replaced it and fan problem went away.
That was my cure, maybe yours is different.
Really need to get a HELMS (Pontiac) shop manual to figure out that problem. The diagnostic page is very detailed with all these steps to the final answer, to stop the fan from constantly running.
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Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA
I replaced my ECM because my fan was constantly running.
The ECM had a burnt curcuit part on the board panel.
Replaced it and fan problem went away.
That was my cure, maybe yours is different.
Really need to get a HELMS (Pontiac) shop manual to figure out that problem. The diagnostic page is very detailed with all these steps to the final answer, to stop the fan from constantly running.
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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA
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Wait... I thought the CTS and the fan weren't connected? I thought the fan was turned on by the fan switch at the back of the passenger side head?
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From: Pt. Pleasant, WV (Home of the Mothman!)
It is Tom.When the temp reaches a certian degree it turns the fan on.When the comp didn't get any signal from the coolent sensor it turns the fan on also.I guess it's something like a fail safe.Just to keep it from over-heating.
I replaced it yesterday,in the rain,works fine now!But I broke another damn plastic vacumn line.I tried to fix it as best as I could but now I get a "no vacumn" light to the EGR set up
The line broke less then a 1/4 inch from the block that is on the throttle body.I don't have the time to fix it today.I have a piece of paper taped over the SES light.That light is bright as hell in the dark
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Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
"I am just as enthusiastic about flying saucers as I always
was, but the problem is that we are in the middle of a
long, long trough. There's only so many times you can pick
over old bones. There just aren't enough new sightings. It
is not like being a philatelist - there is always something
new to say about stamps."
- Denis Plunkett, 70, a retired civil servant from Bristol
who founded the British Flying Saucer Bureau, which has
suspended its activities because of an apparent sharp
decline in the number of alien visitors to Earth.
I replaced it yesterday,in the rain,works fine now!But I broke another damn plastic vacumn line.I tried to fix it as best as I could but now I get a "no vacumn" light to the EGR set up
The line broke less then a 1/4 inch from the block that is on the throttle body.I don't have the time to fix it today.I have a piece of paper taped over the SES light.That light is bright as hell in the dark ------------------
Kevin S
89 RS w/2.9
modded some but not heavily
"I am just as enthusiastic about flying saucers as I always
was, but the problem is that we are in the middle of a
long, long trough. There's only so many times you can pick
over old bones. There just aren't enough new sightings. It
is not like being a philatelist - there is always something
new to say about stamps."
- Denis Plunkett, 70, a retired civil servant from Bristol
who founded the British Flying Saucer Bureau, which has
suspended its activities because of an apparent sharp
decline in the number of alien visitors to Earth.
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