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figured out my bad idle

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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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i remeber just putting up a post, i had bad idle....

i was trying to figure this problem out now for about 3 days, tring every everything i could think of to try and make this happen. i had a high idle, wouldnt stay running well enough to put it in gear without playing with the throttle to keep it up. and dispite being a fuel injected, i had to hold my foot on the the gas to even get it started.

i got mad at it brought it to the local mom and pop shop around here and i had a guy look t it and within the first 30 secs of looking, he found the problem...

the coolent temp sensor had broke off when i was plugging everything back in nd was not really hooked up anymore...

by this happening, it then automaticly tells the computer it is -40* outside, and starts to dump fuel in the motor like its cool.

replaced the sensor, and it was a wrap, fired right up and havent had a problem with it yet.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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I love local mom and pop auto shops.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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good deal. somebody posted that same thing a while back. i didn't pay much attention to it at the time.

was your temp gauge working ?
did your mechanic find it with a scanner, or just gut feel ?
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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well my guage cluster,,, half if it doesnt work, so i couldnt tell.

he didnt bring anything out to try to fix it. just looked at it and knew
 
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