Car will not start it will only turn over only way to get it to start is by cranking it repeatedly, just noticed that the coolant temperature sensor is not there at all could this be the problem

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Asked by Ovomikey Mar 07, 2014 at 11:58 PM about the 1996 Toyota Corolla DX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Already replaced the distributor, cap
and rotor, fuel pump and battery....ps
this only happens when starting the
engine cold not when it has been
running and the engine is still warm

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you got it, temp sensor tells the pcm to enrich fuel for cool start and run,longer injector pulse, also tells idle up motor to emit air to raise idle

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