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Jan 25, 2012 | 01:17 PM

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BackwoodsRam

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What some one ninjied heyyou. 2012 must be real

Jan 25, 2012 | 01:38 PM

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drewactual

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BigBlue is an alien

Jan 25, 2012 | 01:43 PM

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BigBlue83

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Im pretty sure I am an AMERICAN!

Jan 26, 2012 | 12:58 AM

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Its alive...turned out to be a combination of a weak coil and an over enthusiastic ECT
Edit: the coil was within limits according to the FSM, but I replaced it any ways because of my erratic spark

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Jan 26, 2012 | 01:02 AM

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hey what exactly is an ECT. glad to hear that its going

Jan 26, 2012 | 01:02 AM

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although i was getting excited at the thought of a 2nd gen powered by a big block

Jan 26, 2012 | 01:36 AM

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although i was getting excited at the thought of a 2nd gen powered by a big block

Me 2. The ECT is the engine coolant temperature sensor. It controls how much fuel gets dumped at start up.if it tells the PCM that its freezing cold then the PCM dumps massive amounts of fuel