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Water Thermosensor and Fuel Thermosensor - symptoms if swapped

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Old Nov 1, 2003 | 10:56 PM
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Water Thermosensor and Fuel Thermosensor - symptoms if swapped

during the install of my new motor, I accidentally swapped the water thermosensor for the fuel thermosensor. The connectors are identical in color but not the wiring to them. Of course, I didn't check.

The car ran fine except for a lot of backfiring and fireballs at night, i.e., running rich. I thought may be it was a bad thermosensor so I hooked up the datalogit and it's showing fuel at 95C and water at 38C. WTF, I checked the wiring color and sure enough I did f*ck it up.

Well, the car runs without backfiring and my fan comes on at the designated temp now.

so double check these connectors when you're putting your engine together.
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Old Nov 1, 2003 | 11:07 PM
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do you really need you fuel thermosensor?
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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if possible, would u post a pic of this please!! TIA!
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Old Sep 19, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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