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PO 117 and stalling S70 1998

posted by  KlausC on  Sun Apr 10 16:13 CST 2011
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Your car is falling apart!! Fix the vacuum leak ASAP, that will cause the engine to run rich.

If you found a drop of antifreeze at the ECT sensor, time to replace the ECT and thermostat. Please get OEM for both, bargain brand thermostats fail in the closed position and that can spell rapid death.

The 1998 thermostat is held down by 2 T40 screws. These screws do not like to be loosened and many have destroyed the top of the screw. Buy a really good T40 bit for a ratchet, with a 6 in extension. Apply a lot of pressure to the top of the extension (like body weight) and carefully loosen the screw. Once the screw breaks loose, break the other screw loose, and then easily remove both screws.

You will need to remove about 1 quart of coolant so it doesn't spill all over the alternator.

Klaus
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