BDoty311

Thanks Rotory, mine seems to be broke. Hopefully this will solve my problem.

Rotory

iTrader: (1)

your gauge isnt working?

BDoty311

No my car has problems cold starting. The gauge works fine. The connector on the filler neck seems to be broken.

Rotory

iTrader: (1)

yeah my sensor is actually broken it will spin if you turn it by the prongs that are sticking out of it...but by my DMM it still is working properly and i cant pull any codes off of my car either, the lights light up and then go dark so i suppose that means there are no codes. im starting to think it is low compression in my case but i did the poor mans compression test and had 3 even loud pulses from each rotor with the plugs out so i dont know.

Rotory

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ohh btw you just hit 2200 posts..congrats

Rotory

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how many miles on your motor?

BDoty311

A whopping 400 miles, but it has had the same problem on the previous motor.

Rotory

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damn well you know that is going to be a sensor problem... ever thought it might not be fully broken in yet...i heard a fresh rotary will be hard to start anyways.

BDoty311

Turns out my connector was broken. Swapped it out now it runs fine. CHECK YOUR WATER SENSOR ON THE FILLER NECK!!

Rotory

iTrader: (1)

the connector on the plug or the connector on the sensor itself?

BDoty311

The connector on the plug itself.

Barwick

I have the same problem..

have to start it about 5 times before it finally catches.. and this is whether I hold my foot on the gas a bit or not, it starts up and then shuts off just like it's running out of gas (kinda like on a first gen GSL-SE when you pull the RPM switch which disables the injectors but keeps spark going, it runs then dies).

Rotory

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yes mine does the same exact thing!!! how did you swap out the plug?? did you just splice in a spare plug?

87RX7TII

where are you guys taking about... where is the water sensor?

BDoty311

Its on the coolant filler neck. Right below where the alternator bolts on.

Rotory

iTrader: (1)

hey bdoty, how did you go about swapping out the plug. did you cut the old one off and splice the new one in or what?

87RX7TII

sorry what does the connector look like? what is it?

BDoty311

Ya I cut one off of a junk car, and spliced it onto my wiring harness. The connector looks like um... a connector. The sensor is DIRECTLY below the bolt that holds the alternator on.

Rotory

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it looks like the connector that plugs into your BAC its the same color and everything

Rotory

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i just went and tested my spare water thermosensor as the FSM says and it was dead on at 176 degrees the sensor read .29k ohms which the FSM says it should be .32 +-.032 so its within spec. im going to go swap it over to my car along with my spare plug and hopefully i will be starting when it is below 40 farkin degrees!!