Totally depends on the car, anything from "no difference" to "shuts the engine
off" is possible.
KeS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Scott Meyers
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 19:18
> To: TEAM.NET
> Subject: Tuning Question - bad water temp sensor effect on performance
>
>
> A little break from the Nationals discussions........
>
> I'm working on a "project car", one that will (hopefully) soon grace the
> pylon jungle. I've just finished doing the timing belt, and with that
> the water pump, cam seals, and all the hard to get to hoses and other
> stuff therein. As long as you're there, right?
>
> I also decided to change the water temp sensor "just because" it was
> old. In doing so I found serious corrosion on the two connectors,
> leaving me to believe that it was sending either *no* signal or the
> *default* message to the computer.
>
> The question - what effect on performance would a faulty water temp
> sensor have on a car's performance in a Solo 2 setting? Oh - it's a
> Nissan with factory multiport injection. :-)
>
> Thanks for any and all shared experiences.
>
> Scott Meyers
>
>
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