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Originally Posted by 56pontiac
Latest in the COBALT SAGA. Went to my buddies last night. Fired the Coablt up, and as usual it stalled afetr about 10 seconds.Checked the fuse to make sure it wasnt a timed fuse.It wasn't.So I sat in the car and kept pumping the gas to keep it going.After minute or so of that I let off.The car ran maybe 30 seconds on it's pwn.So back to pumping the gas.After the water temp go up to about 140 I let off the gas.It ran for about 90 seconds. So back to pumping.After the temp got to 160 I got off the gas.It stayed idleing.So I let it warm up for 10 minutes.Shut it down and fired it up a few times.Ran good.So I drove it home (about 25 minutes ) and got on it going up some steep hills (PA mountains !! ) It ran flawless all the way home. Of course the fuel pump is running all the time. Went out this morning and again to get it to run I had to keep pumping the gas. Once it warms up, it's great.Bought some LUCAS injector cleaner and put that in the tank. Will put some fresh gas in it today and see if that helps.I'm also goingto replace the plugs. They only have about 4,000 miles on them, but have been through a lot and have been bead blasted.The Harbor Freight code reader - waste of 40 bucks.Hooked it up and got the N/A .So that means it won't work on the Cobalt.It is CAN updated. So far that's where the Cobalt is at.
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Check that the ECT sensor is reading right, an incorrect reading does more harm before the engine is up to temp
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Originally Posted by rodeo02
Good to see you're making headway on this! Weird about the ~$40 China Freight reader though  . A co-worker of mine bought one for his truck. I tried it on my 2007 Cobalt and it works like a champ. I had no codes to scan, but it goes through it's routine and comes up clear. No error messages or N/As.
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From the few products I actually bought from them, I think everything they sell is junk. I've got a dead-blow hammer that's ok. I bought a balljoint separator that snapped the first time I used it to separate the tie rod ends on my truck. I have a set of prybars that are so weak all they're good for is pushing a belt on a pulley I can't reach by hand. I had a ratchet that broke just pulling on it by hand, my Matco ratchet at work has had a 3' cheater bar on it! One of my friends bought a set of jack stands, the release lever broke off the ratchet/lock part. While I was looking at it, I noticed the weld penetration was horrible on the frame, and that it wasn't even welded all the way along the seam! I try to buy American anyway, unless there is no way around it. Have you ever looked for a made in USA hand operated can opener or toenail clippers?
We used to make good products, and if not challenged by "disposable" products from China, I think we still would.