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Whats wrong?: The engine coolant temperature sensor may be cracked. This could cause the enging coolant temperature warning light to come on inadvertently and in rare cases may cause engine operating ...
A faulty Engine Coolant Temperature (ECT) sensor may lead the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LSY gasoline engine in certain GM vehicles to run hot or even overheat. To be clear, these vehicles are not under an ...
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Why Is My Car Idling Roughly?

While idling in the driveway, your car starts shaking. If that shaking is rough idle, you've got a problem that needs fixing sooner rather than later.
So your car’s temperature gauge is acting up, or not working at all, and you want to fix it? Good for you. Your car’s engine temperature is vital to its operation, and a properly-operating gauge is a ...
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What Do Car Trouble Codes Really Mean?

Your vehicle has a problem if the check engine light (CEL) glows. Diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) stored in the computer help find the cause.
Something I've realized over the past few years poking with a large variety of cars: Nobody has low coolant or low oil sensors! I drove an '88 Mazda RX-7 with both, and they were quite valuable! The ...
One of the oldest Mustang gripes we can think of is engine overheating. We can write this problem off as one of the penalties of old car ownership, but classic Mustangs were cursed with overheating ...