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Originally Posted by 400Eric
Do not let anyone do another thing to that car until they know for sure what exactly is wrong with it. A good mechanic should be able to figure it out without throwing parts at it. Anyone can do that!
Finish running that cleaner through your engine. Change the oil once it's done. Build and then use the code reader!
As cold as it is right now where you live, that "white smoke" just might be steam.
Regards, Eric
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Someone suggested CTS sensor since it only happens when car is warm. maybe I could fool ECU into thinking car is still cold.
Here are the results:
Well well Iive and learn . First I found the CTS sensor and when I looked at the wiring I saw some wire was exposed and the black covering sorta crumbled a little more as I handled it.
So much for the condition of my upper harness ( I think ) . I proceeded to take connector off engine with engine off , temp approx 95C pre disconnecting it , restarted and drove it around a little . No difference . Engine missed at the same RPM 1400-1800 under hard acceleration. Feathered throttle produced no engine miss as usual
So then I turned it off for about 1 1/2 hours to cool down and retry. When I started it again the K6JRF view in the climate control window on position #6 said LOW instead of a temp.
But the instrument cluster showed the temp approx 65C. Also the instrument cluster temp gauge got up to over 80 C in city driving , and back down to 70C on the highway . When I first start in the morning the cluster gauge shows below 40C and at that temp it never misses .
Now we know that the car has 2 independent engine coolant temp sensors. EUREKA
I left the sensor disconnected and drove home.
The miss/bogg was still there. Nothing seemed different at all ! Actually after a half hour of highway driving , and slowing down to 40 MPH and 1700 RPM an attempt at rapid acceleration without a downshift caused the famous miss/ bogg 2 more times and one time I was going slightly downhill.
The longer the engine is running regardless of temp at the moment , the more likely the engine will bogg down.
I am going to let the car cool down entirely overnight , so that I know I am at the same starting point and drive the car tomorrow,let it run 30-60 seconds , and see if it STILL NEVER MISSES COLD, and at what temp it will start to miss when warm as usual , with the CTS sensor on the engine manifold disconnected .
I am also going to build the code reader this monday