gingenhagen

My temp gauge's been acting a bit funny. Like it usually goes up to around 1/2 of the circle. But recently it's been only going up like 1/10. The car still seems to be running fine. Though there has been a fuel smell. Not sure if they're related. Any ideas anyone?

NZConvertible

Possibly a thermostat suck open. That would cause for low temps, which would in turn cause rich mixtures.

gingenhagen

You mean the "water thermo sensor"? I'm looking on page 4B-46 of the FSM and I don't see anything about it being stuck. They just have a test to make sure the resistance changes with water temperature. But then again, I'm at school, so tomorrow I'll be home and play around with it and see if I can see what you mean by stuck.

GVilleTuner

that happened to me. Its probably your sensor. Clean it out or buy a new one.

NZConvertible

No, if I meant water thermo sensor I would've said water thermo sensor. I said thermostat, which controls water flow to the radiator and hence the engine's temp. Look in the Cooling System chapter.

gingenhagen

Ahh...I see. Many thanks. Kinda wish the FSM was text-based, so that I could search through it. Oh well. Make that my project over winter break.

casio

heh, replacing a thermostat is a one-day event, not a winter-break project. heh, assuming thats the problem, of course! also, many people will say to stick to the Mazda thermostat, not a parts store one.

NZConvertible

One day? Hell you can do in under an hour as part of a cooling system flush.

Definitely use Mazda thermostats.

gingenhagen

I meant rewriting the FSM as a text-based PDF so that I could search through it as a winter project.

Turbonut

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NZConvertible

Oops, now I see what you meant.