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93 SIDEKICK TEMP SENSOR PROBLEM'S (NEED HELP)

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Offline SIDEKICK65

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93 SIDEKICK TEMP SENSOR PROBLEM'S (NEED HELP)
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:17:46 PM »
My buddy has a 93 sidekick 1.6 16 valve,he is having problem's with the temp sensor that tell's the computer what the temp is.(i think thats what its for) he has replaced it 4 time's and when it goes bad it gets poor gas milage and runs ruff and some time's it wont wanna start.he can unplug the wire to the temp sensor and he can drive it again.any one have any idea's what he can check out :(

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Offline Jluck

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Re: 93 SIDEKICK TEMP SENSOR PROBLEM'S (NEED HELP)
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 07:45:51 PM »
can you get a pic of said sensor? preferably on engine.
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Re: 93 SIDEKICK TEMP SENSOR PROBLEM'S (NEED HELP)
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2011, 02:20:01 PM »
Those sensors are pretty reliable, I would suspect a problem with the wiring loom or a bad connection. What fault code was he getting?
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