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ORIGINAL: borden

Got the car for a while now... 323 1.6 92 manual tranny.

When i start the car, everything is fine it's runs smooth and i quite enjoy it. On the other half when it warms up to maximum heat (and only when maximum temp. it achieved) i sometimes get a check engine light. Problem is... as soon as the light goes off, the car has a tendency not to burn it's gas and smells like gas.... it's unbelievable. I have to litterally ommit stop signs so it won't die. When it happens and i really have to stop let's say a red light, i have to constantly rev it up... gas, release, gas, release.... to keep it alive. Then suddenly, it's fine. It's a great highway runner since it's manual transmission and even if it dies on the highway, it'll compression start itself no problem with a minimal mile/hour loss.

Ok, my opinion was :

When the car is not at max temp (just started), it's a on form of 'choke' (i know it's injector, but i'll still refer it as choke) so it helps the car get the desired running temperature. Once it's achieved, it doesn't need that 'choke' to run... in fact a 'choke' would shut the engine off (think about old lanwmower you had to pull the choke to shut it off)

So i think that i have a bad Water temp sensor that's sending a wrong message to the computer. Sending something like 'Water temp COLD' so the computer tries to put it on 'choke' wich kills the engine.... anyways.. not too sure. BUT

BUT

after reading various 323 problems, i got the codes from the dignostic box... 8 - 9 - 10
chart obtained trough http://autorepair.about.com/cs/gener..._dtcs_main.htm

So, for the question....... was my suspicion close to the problem?

thank you for helping, you guys rock!

and most of all...... What should i do to solve my problem considering that i have theses 3 codes?

EDIT:

Wich brand/manufacturer of parts should i buy? (I'm in Canada)
Once the repairs are done, how to reset the computer codes?

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