coolant temp sensor?

ROBV8 said:

I went to get my p38 4.6 running last weekend after standing for about a year and it wouldnt go, i took the plugs out and cleaned them and it then went first turn of the key. I had it running for an hour and it ran lovely so was well happy! I hadnt started it since doing the head gaskets so all is good. I then left it and went to start it again and it struggled to start and was missing. I stuck my snap-on scanner on it and it said engine was running rich and it said coolant temp sensor had falling temp? Are the sensor a common fault on the v8? Its strange how it keeps flooding? Any help would be good. One other thing is on the passenger side i seem to have what looks like atf dripping onto the cat? not been under to look yet but any known probs?

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wammers said:

The temp sensor tells the ECU if the engine is cold or hot. The ECU then alters the fueling to suit. If the temp sensor is telling the ECU the engine is cold when in fact it is hot it will over fuel. Effectivly putting the choke on as if you were running from cold.

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the hooded claw said:

And its Wing Commander Tony (Wammers) Rip Rap to the rescue Giving THE ONE, THE ONLY, possible cause for this problem!!!!

& All whilst Swoopin down from on high & doin a Victory Roll in his aircraft "The Pegasus" over building 38A in Solihull

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wammers said:

Unless you can think of something else Keith?

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the hooded claw said:

Not at all Tony, I completely aggree with your diagnoses mate, It never ceases to amaze me just how much info is stored in the various members heads on here.

We should start a mobile P38 repair business, me & you can cover the North West, & the other guys on their local areas (& when it all goes REALLY BAD we can send fer Irish to re-code everything!!)

We'd be millionaires in 12 months!!! ..... (Or all in Hospital with STRESS!!)

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