coolant temperature

So i took my car out and on my drive maybe a mile and a half i started smelling coolant. long story short i popped the hood and had coolant spraying from the overflow cap. now i squished the upper hose going to the thermostat and it was pretty hard (never felt the hose so soon from shutting the...

So my 1996 Cobra has a 1998 Cobra motor. The temperature gauge has never worked. So I decided to swap the ECT sensor (Engine Coolant Temp.) and the sensor that goes to the gauge in the dash. After switching the two, I now cant get the car to idle on initial startup (blips to 2k, immediately...

My 1998 SVT Cobra has a stock 4.6L with 59,000 miles on it. It runs perfectly in normal conditions. I just got home from Virginia Int. Raceway and she ran hot while doing hard laps. No problem in the morning, but as the afternoon warmed up to 90 degrees, she started running hot. My new AutoGauge...

A few days ago I started having problems getting the engine to stay started and idle when cold. Checked out the ECT sensor and found it was reading about 250 ohms when cold (when it should have been around 30-40k Ohm if I read correctly). Also found that rather than 4 volts on the yellow-green...