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HKSHave Anyone Of You Guys Experiencing This Have Changed Your Alternator Within The Last Few Months Or So? If So Do U Remeber This Happening Before?
Reason I Say This Is Cause My Temp Went Almost To The Middle Today But When My Voltage Was At 13.7
When My Car Is @ 14.0-14.2 Volts Is When Temp Goes Nowhere Only Lil Past Bottom Needle...
Sorry About The Caps Again
IM GONNA TRY NEW NGK'S SEE IF THAT BURNS IT OUT
Again, the temp gauge being odd won't cause your car to run weird. It's not used for any portion of engine control. This is an electrical problem you're describing now, not a coolant sensor problem or related.
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HKSUPDATE!!
"So I took your advice Fazil. I looked at the dizzy plug and it was in rough shape for a long long time. I noticed a bare wire that was exposed after I accidentally crushed the clip when I was putting a tranny back on.
Took out my DVM and had the key to the on position. Tested the ignitor for juice and it was getting 11.6V. Then I decided to check the dizzy. On the harness side I got from one of the pins a 5.1V or so reading. I then tested it on the dizzy side and it was received about .1-.3! So looks like I need to source a dizzy. I did find the coil wire 12V wire broke from when I spliced in the MSD 8969 unit. Turns out my VVL solenoids also had a loose connection which I believe was the reason my car kept falling out of VVL at the track.
Long story short, turns out that my coil was getting a ****ty signal and not creating any or a good enough spark. I need to go through some parts of the harness and solder up some connections. I'm off to go pop some vvl." POSTED FROM VVL THREAD
now OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THIS IS HAPPENING TOO HOW MANY HAVE THE MSD8969 TAKING JUICE RIGHT FROM THE COIL?
Was this something you found out, i.e. was this your post, or are you just thread-crossing and quoting someone else entirely? I'm having a hard time helping seeing as I don't see how this is related to the coolant system. If it's VVL-related, keep it in the VVL thread you pulled it from.
A big question for both of you: if you're running rich, do you have a wideband to confirm this or are there any codes being thrown? Also, since you guys keep on talking about temperatures, do you have a sensor and gauge installed to give absolute (i.e. exact) temperature readout? As convenient as that cluster gauge is, it's not very accurate. It's about as useful as the oil dummy light.
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