feels like chocking

1998 SATURN SL1
251,000 MILES
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BBARBO9
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When I start the car its starts and will go up and down on the rpm and slowly go down till it will cut off. if I give just a little gas it will cut off right away. but if I floor it white smoke comes out and it will just then rough idle a little. When I take off sometimes it takes off fine and sometimes it seems like no matter how hard I hit the gas when or how I shift it still goes slow like its being chocked.
May 3, 2013 at 11:24 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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have you checked the coolant temp sensor and connector yet?
May 4, 2013 at 5:07 PM
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no I haven't honestly I didn't even think about nothing like that. I just noticed today that I drove for an hr and a half and it stayed on cold it didn't budge...so yeah
May 8, 2013 at 9:57 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Then that's the first thing I would check.
May 9, 2013 at 7:32 AM
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BBARBO9
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Can you check it without getting a new one
May 9, 2013 at 7:25 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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You can but the sensor is only 11 also you can check the sensor with a multimeter.but it's best to check it with a scan tool that reads live data and a infard temp gun.
May 9, 2013 at 8:24 PM
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Also inspect the inside of the connector if the terminals are blue or green instead of silver then you need to replace the connector also.
May 9, 2013 at 8:27 PM
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