Engine Diag Help Needed
George Roffe
geo3@earthlink.net
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 16:04:39 -0600
Ari McNeil wrote:
>The thermal transmitter is where the dash water temp gauge gets its signal
>from.
Yep. Matthew pointed that out to me privately. Thanks for the info. I
had never heard it referred to as that before.
>I would believe a bad engine coolant temp sensor would cause the car to
>run very rich.
No. The ECU gets its signal from the other sensor. If *that* one were
disconnected, or was having problems, *then* the ECU would call for a rich
mixture.
George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20 (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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