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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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Electronic Coolant Temperature sensor...and it's more like $25 on ecstuning.com. I have to replace mine next week because it was causing ignition misfires and my CEL is on for a bad ECT
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Could be any of those - definitely Seafoam the car (search feature will give you all the info you need). It can work miracles. Have you pulled the boots off the spark plugs to see if there's oil on the boots? If so you have leaking valve cover gaskets. Oil leaking that way can cause problems too, and that's both a common failure and an easy fix on the 30v. $50 and an hour and you have new VC gaskets and can keep the oil where it belongs.
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Make sure your running premium fuel. Cheap gas can cause misfires too.
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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well im gunna start with the small stuff like running better gas (since i do have a 2.5 inch exhaust and intake, makes sence) and change the plugs themselves out. the spark plug wires i have on the boot actually covers over the plug hole and like seals it, doesnt seem to be a way for oil to get in there but i will deffinetely look into it how will i know if i have a timing belt issue? like i said my car feels fine.
 
Old Apr 12, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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alright so i just met up with a friend who scanned my CEL and instead of all those 11 codes there was only 2 stored and it was p1198 and p1199, but the CEL went off before he even showed up.
 
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