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01-26-2012, 11:12 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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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

Nicely done Amigo! You need more beauty sleep prior to tackling another header gasket change.

btw, was the change due to a leak? (i can't remember) if so, where was it?

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01-26-2012, 12:52 PM

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The gasket was leaking at the #7 cylinder, but when I pulled the header off the whole gasket crumbled. Moral of the story is pony up the extra bucks for high quality gaskets

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01-26-2012, 01:13 PM

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The gasket was leaking at the #7 cylinder, but when I pulled the header off the whole gasket crumbled. Moral of the story is pony up the extra bucks for high quality gaskets

Welcome to the club. If you replace the word "gaskets" with any future purchases your life will be much, much better.

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