Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Throttle hang fix causing high temp reading

Ok so this past weekend I did the throttle hang fix (inserting the 1/2 inch copper pipe with hole into the tube) and today my temp guage is running higher than it use to. Ususally it stays at the O in NORMAL now it is running at the end of the R.

Is this happen to anyone else? Also it seems like i have less power.

I did this to fix the moosing problem

Was searching around and someone said to make sure you reset the PCM, so i looked it up and tahts the powertrain control module (EEC). SO what does that do and how do i reset it?

EDIT: OK i finally found that to reset the PCM you pull the #4 and #11 fuses for 2 mins.

Anyway any ideas on the higher temp reading?

It sounds like you may have incorrectly drilled the hole, or some type of operator error. Has it effected your idle... ?

not a major amount. It idles the same as it did before. I noticed that the drop has increased which is what its suppose to do, but sitting at idle has not changed.

How is it possible to screw that up? Take a 1/2 inch copper cap drill a hole in the center, and insert into the hose shown in the pictures.......

Maybe, Im going to do some trial and error. I am going to reset the PCM as indicated, and if that doesnt fix things, then I will just pull the plug out and see if that does anything.

I noticed that the temp guage isnt staying at the high temp, its moving from the R back to the O and then back to the M. Might simply be due to the nasty heat wave we are having, or I might just be paranoid.

Thanks for the input

If it reaches M in normal, and drops when the fans run, that's OK, both of our Mystiques act that way. If it did not drop, you need a waterpump. Might get higher temps if it is truly hot, exeeding 90 degrees.

I read somewhere that the water pump thing only affected 98+ models. Is this correct?