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66 InjectedCobra
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If the ECT sencor is bad will my car see some hard restart idle conditions? It will not hold an idle when I restart the motor after it's up to temp, unless I put it in gear.

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Stimson
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Kind of rare for the ECT to go bad, but it can happen. Do this, in the morning with the motor ice cool (hasn't been driven for 12+ hours).... measure the voltage across the ACT and ECT. They both should be the same. If they're not, chances are one is bad.

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Do I measure voltage or resistance. I check it with an ohm meter?

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Hungry Hippo
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i dont know if this helps or not, but if your ect is bad, your radiator fan wont come on

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66 InjectedCobra
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Originally posted by 5ptSlow:
i dont know if this helps or not, but if your ect is bad, your radiator fan wont come on

My set up is different. I have all this stuff in a 66 stang. My fan has it's own sender.

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Hey 5150, am I checking to see how many ohms of resistance at stone cold? Thanks

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Could the problem be the MAP sensor???

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Sure you can unplug the connector on top of the sensor and measure its resistance (measured in ohms), or you can put the ignition in the ON position, poke the 2 wires on each sensor and measure the voltage across them. Post your results.

Its pretty rare for a MAP to go bad, the most comon cause for them to fail is a probably a nitrous back fire through the intake

Have you pulled the codes from your EEC yet? When you do, don't trip over a code 15 since you have a chip.

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Thanks a lot Bro.

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