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Ive had a 180 t-stat and intense PCM for a while and it would always stay around 180 degrees now that I got my exhaust done it stays closer to 200 degrees on my temp gauge
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Originally Posted by 1337ssei
Ive had a 180 t-stat and intense PCM for a while and it would always stay around 180 degrees now that I got my exhaust done it stays closer to 200 degrees on my temp gauge
any ideas?
any ideas?
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You should look into a scan tool.
There should have been no icrease in engine temp with improved exhaust work. With the car breathing better the engine should be working less.
You could be running lean which would mean hotter. Not sure how a lean condition could be blamed on exhaust mods though?
There should have been no icrease in engine temp with improved exhaust work. With the car breathing better the engine should be working less.
You could be running lean which would mean hotter. Not sure how a lean condition could be blamed on exhaust mods though?
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You have two coolant sensors. One sends a signal to the gauge, the other to the PCM. It'* possible that your new exhaust is pushing ambient operating engine bay temps higher and your sending unit for the gauge is being saturated from the OUTSIDE, giving a false reading.
Try insulating that sensor so it'* reading the coolant/LIM rather than being influenced by engine bay heat.
Try insulating that sensor so it'* reading the coolant/LIM rather than being influenced by engine bay heat.
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