FastLife91
Torque Junkie
A few days ago, got in my car after it has been parked several hours. As soon as I started the engine the temp gauge instantly hit the red, fell right back to bottom then shot to red then to bottom. Once driving it stayed below half way and behaved normally.
Got in car the next day and white smoke came out the exhaust for about 5 - 10 seconds and car felt like it was going to stall, revs falling and car juddering. after a few seconds it went back to normal idle and as I was driving it behaved normally staying below 90.
did it again yesterday morning and this morning after parked overnight, smoke out back and unsteady feeling like it was going to cut out for 30 seconds - minute, and the temp gauge shot right to half way then into red and back to bottom again even though the engine was stone cold.
Usually it's okay after the initial cold start up but while I was actually driving today it was fluctuating again, hit red for a second then dropped below half way and being erratic.
I guess the issue with the smoke on cold start up and the fluctuating temperature gauge are related to the same problem as they both occurred at the exact same time .
Is it a problem with the coolant temperature sensor do you think and would a faulty coolant temperature sensor cause a hard cold start and smoke on cold start ?
Many thanks
Got in car the next day and white smoke came out the exhaust for about 5 - 10 seconds and car felt like it was going to stall, revs falling and car juddering. after a few seconds it went back to normal idle and as I was driving it behaved normally staying below 90.
did it again yesterday morning and this morning after parked overnight, smoke out back and unsteady feeling like it was going to cut out for 30 seconds - minute, and the temp gauge shot right to half way then into red and back to bottom again even though the engine was stone cold.
Usually it's okay after the initial cold start up but while I was actually driving today it was fluctuating again, hit red for a second then dropped below half way and being erratic.
I guess the issue with the smoke on cold start up and the fluctuating temperature gauge are related to the same problem as they both occurred at the exact same time .
Is it a problem with the coolant temperature sensor do you think and would a faulty coolant temperature sensor cause a hard cold start and smoke on cold start ?
Many thanks