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ORIGINAL: xtanmanx

not to sound like an ass, but not sure what you are talking about looking at dates. i found a thread that has to do with the same thing i am dealing with and posted to it, bringing it back to top. as for the fact that you answered in the other thread, if you look at the time, you were answering the same time i was writing in this thread.

moot point anyway..geting rid of car.

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ORIGINAL: dsm1990gsx

Check your coolant temp sensor, if its bad it'll tell the pcm to add more fuel-rich..

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is the coolant temp sensor the same one that senses temp for fan?  i thought these are normally 2 different sensors.  my fan wont come on when its hot enough that it should.  and since it tells the ecu engine temp, would this cause the ecu to have the wrong mixture setting? my car was blowing black smoke when i would get on it before it overheated, and ONLY when i would romp the pedal.

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ORIGINAL: xtanmanx

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ORIGINAL: dsm1990gsx

Check your coolant temp sensor, if its bad it'll tell the pcm to add more fuel-rich..

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is the coolant temp sensor the same one that senses temp for fan?  i thought these are normally 2 different sensors.  my fan wont come on when its hot enough that it should.  and since it tells the ecu engine temp, would this cause the ecu to have the wrong mixture setting? my car was blowing black smoke when i would get on it before it overheated, and ONLY when i would romp the pedal.

2nd post in the thread has EVERYTHING to do with my quesiton