FLT CREW OF CARJ MISINTERP INDICATIONS OF ENG STARTING MALFUNCTION. RESTART ENG AND DEPART VICE OBTAINING APPROPRIATE MAINT ACTION.

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AFTER ADVANCING THE L THRUST LEVER SLIGHTLY FOR SE TAXI OUT; THE ITT GAUGE SPIKED INSTANTLY TO A HIGH READING. NO OTHER ENG GAUGE CORRELATED THEY WERE ALL NORMAL. WHEN I BROUGHT THE L THRUST LEVER BACK; THE ITT INDICATION INSTANTLY WENT BACK TO NORMAL. A SECOND ATTEMPT HAD SIMILAR EFFECT ALONG WITH AN ENG FLAMEOUT CAUTION. I IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THRUST LEVER TO FUEL SHUTOFF; SO I DID NOT ALLOW THE FADEC ANY ATTEMPT AT RESTART. I NOW REALIZED I WAS IN ACFT XXX WHICH HAS SPECIAL PROC TO FOLLOW FOR WARM-UP. I HAD NOT REMEMBERED THIS. I CHKED THE MDC CURRENT FAULTS SECTION AND FOUND NO RECORDED FAULTS. THINKING I HAD INDUCED THE PROB BY NOT FOLLOWING THE PROTOCOL FOR THAT ENG AND; MORE IMPORTANTLY; THINKING THE ITT #1 READING WAS AN INDICATION PROB ONLY; I THEN RESTARTED THE ENG AND FOUND NO OTHER PROBS WITH IT. I THEN DECIDED IT WOULD BE OK TO FLY SINCE I HAD BROUGHT ON THE KNOWN PROB. THE SUBSEQUENT FLT WAS COMPLETELY UNEVENTFUL. I DID; HOWEVER; LOOK DEEPER INTO THE MDC AND FOUND THE RECORD OF THE ITT READINGS. I REALIZED THEN THAT MAINT NEEDED TO BE INFORMED ASAP; SO I TELESISED THEM INFLT AND ALERTED THEM TO THE INBOUND WRITE-UP IN OKC. I'VE LEARNED NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT MAINT SHOULD BE MAKING. IF I HAD FOUND THE MDC RECORD IN ORD; I WOULD HAVE CALLED MAINT CTL PRIOR TO FLT. THIS MISTAKE WILL NOT BE MADE BY ME AGAIN. SORRY.