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I have DOHC engine.. is that the same position as the SOHC B6?

Well the coolant temperature sensor they gave me at the store was the wrong one. they gave me a 2 wire one for the SOHC engine. The one on my engine is a 1 wire sensor and the threading was way different. I did clear the ECU codes. Engine light came on during the way home. Checked the codes and its ...

Ordered a set of these Splitfire Triple Platinum plugs. http://www.splitfire.com/triple.htm $7.99 CAD ea. Fuel Economy Tips did a spark plug review (link below) with standard NGK plugs as the control. Splitfire were the only ones to show signifigant increase in accelleration and MPG over the standar...

Picked up an Engine Coolant Tempurature Sensor for $40 CAD. Going to install it tonight when work is over.. Im optimistic that this will solve all my problems.. makes me mad that I paid $280 at Autopro to diagnose the problem and im pretty sure the only thing they did was increase the idle speed. Oh...

Well just picked up the engine coolant temperature sensor. $40 CAD. looks like it will be an easy install too. Cant wait for 5 oclock to roll around so i can try this baby out.

Thanks a lot Tunes67. You have been a BIG help.

Well i phoned up part source this morning and they have never heard of a water thermo sensor.

Do they perhaps go by a different, more reconizable name?

I cant find it in the shop manual either? where is it located under the hood?

I finally figured out how to pull the codes, and got 9: Water Thermo Sensor?

Is that the same problem you guys had?

Oh well.. replace that tomorow hope its an easy cheap fix.

Ahh nm, i see there is a section in the manual for clearing codes on the ECU in the After Repair Procedure section.

Tunes67: Pulled the codes. and found two: codes 9 and 17.

9: water thermosensor
17: O2 Sensor (inversion)

not sure why its still showing O2 sensor because i replaced it.. could i have hooked it up incorrectly? or perhaps the ECU is storing the OLD code?

Well. My buddy went to toronto today, and is going to pick up a set of Spitfire Triple Platinum spark plugs with the V shape electrode. (Suppose to create a superior spark) Burns the fuel more efficiently less emissions, better MPG by about 1. I was also looking at the Sonic Spark Plugs, same sort o...

BTW the 17 MPG was calculated off the first 100 kms i put on the new tank.. and that was all with the o2 sensor not properly tightened.

Hopefully the next 100 Km will be better.

Well, just checked the MPG so far. Doesnt look good 17 MPG. Looks like I will try what shades suggested and clean and replace the EGR valve. Then i dont know... New fuel tank and fuel lines should only set me back $200. What are the best spark plugs to get for the MX-3? I had new spark plugs put in ...

ran into some trouble after the O2 Sensor install.. seems my half turn wasnt tight enough.. and after driving 30 km or so it loosened and i suffered massive loss of power and it stalled almost ever time i disengaged the clutch... so everytime i stopped the car i had to apply gas just to get it to id...

I figured out that my tank is probably a 10G, i hear everyone says they have 13Gallon tanks. But i was bone dry today and could only squeeze in 38 litres into my tank. Still getting about 350 kilometres to the tank, or 9 kpl = 21 MPG. Guess thats not as bad as i origionally thought. Went to PartSour...