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Running rich! Strong gas fumes! Poor gas mileage!

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Old 03-17-2015, 01:56 AM
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Running rich! Strong gas fumes! Poor gas mileage!

I'm getting a strong, heavy gas smell from the exhaust and when just standing over the motor. I'm also getting poor fuel mileage. The car has a HELL of a time starting up. Of course, the check engine light is on. After counting the LED blinks, it's telling me that the car is running rich.

Does anybody have any ideas of what this could be?
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Post the blink codes and do a forum search---- there are hundreds of posts on the subject
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Thank you Plutoe. I will do.
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