So Ill give you guys my stupid person of the week story.
Yesterday I was leaving my dads house to come home and my car started running hot. I pulled over and it was low on coolant, the hose over the thermostat needed to be reclamped.
I put more coolant in it (stopped behind a gas station luckily) and got it to the house.
When I intially tried to start it behind the gas station it kept fouling out really badly...Im assuming from the cylinder head temp sensor getting hot.
Well, I couldnt get it to start yesterday at all. So I thought I had bad gas or whatever....or I skipped a tooth on the belt so I changed the plugs, wires, cap, rotor, timing belt, tensioner, fuel filter(some of that was needed anyways--its been two years since Ive done it)
It fired right up.
I started driving it around the block and there were no problems at all
Until I got into boost....then it went totally rich and stayed there?!?!?!?!
I have yet to go check the codes on the ecu, the maf sensor or anything else.....but this is the first time its happened. Could the cylinder head temp sensor have gone bad and when it gets up to temperature makes it run rich?
Keep in mind I did eliminate my AIV and just use the throttle screw to adjust. My timing is set at 15% at 900 rpm........oh yeah and its still automatic
Any clues, helpful hints, or flaming would be much appreciated.
Yesterday I was leaving my dads house to come home and my car started running hot. I pulled over and it was low on coolant, the hose over the thermostat needed to be reclamped.
I put more coolant in it (stopped behind a gas station luckily) and got it to the house.
When I intially tried to start it behind the gas station it kept fouling out really badly...Im assuming from the cylinder head temp sensor getting hot.
Well, I couldnt get it to start yesterday at all. So I thought I had bad gas or whatever....or I skipped a tooth on the belt so I changed the plugs, wires, cap, rotor, timing belt, tensioner, fuel filter(some of that was needed anyways--its been two years since Ive done it)
It fired right up.
I started driving it around the block and there were no problems at all
Until I got into boost....then it went totally rich and stayed there?!?!?!?!
I have yet to go check the codes on the ecu, the maf sensor or anything else.....but this is the first time its happened. Could the cylinder head temp sensor have gone bad and when it gets up to temperature makes it run rich?
Keep in mind I did eliminate my AIV and just use the throttle screw to adjust. My timing is set at 15% at 900 rpm........oh yeah and its still automatic

Any clues, helpful hints, or flaming would be much appreciated.
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