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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Slow and sluggish when cold

For about a week or so, I've been having a problem. The car sputters and fights to get going when it's cold, it doesn't shut off, but it bogs down when I hit the pedal.......after about 3-5 minutes, it gets back to normal
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Coolant temp sensor
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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is it also hard to start when cold.....any more info you could share too??? lik does it bog and then even out if you keep steady throttle pressure or is it strickly just bogging all the time when on the gas when cold??
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Drivin Maxima
is it also hard to start when cold.....any more info you could share too??? lik does it bog and then even out if you keep steady throttle pressure or is it strickly just bogging all the time when on the gas when cold??
it's not hard to start, it bogs then (most of the time) evens out if I steady the throttle, but when it first starts it bogs regardless
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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+1 on the coolant sensor....
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:31 AM
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my car does that 2. can u tell me where the sensor is located and internetautomart do u have one of them?
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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it's located by the trhermostat housing, and yes I do sell them
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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what is it under on your page?
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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http://internetautomart.com/maxima/3rdgen/FI.html

I haven't quite gotten everything setup in logical format
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Do you have the cylinder head temp sensor on your website ?

My coolant temp works because the gauge reads correctly !!

Thanks Guys !!!
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxima Man
Do you have the cylinder head temp sensor on your website ?
yes on the page referenced above
My coolant temp works because the gauge reads correctly !!

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the coolant temp sensor has nothing to do with the gauge reading correctly. there are 2 different units
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:26 PM
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Could be worse I have a fuel injecter clogged. I know absolutly nothing about engines. ( i do electrical video/audio ) and the dealership says its 300$ to fix. woot...
Old Jan 26, 2006 | 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by heresmymind
Could be worse I have a fuel injecter clogged. I know absolutly nothing about engines. ( i do electrical video/audio ) and the dealership says its 300$ to fix. woot...
if you're going to pay them to do one you might as well pay them to do all 6

BTW if you look up in the stickies there is a guide on how toreplace the injectors yourself. It's fairly easy and you can save a bunch of money especially if you buy the injectors from me
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