Car has been in shop.....90 days later
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Car has been in shop.....90 days later
I figured the trans was toast, no power output > 3500 rpms, tacking to endline but nothing happening. Car falls flat on its face AND ALOT OF NOISE COMES FROM THE TRANS BUB MAYBE THE CATS? AND I GET THE CODE IMPROPE GREAT RATION, GEAR IMPLAUSABLE. massive misfirecodes popping up on all banks. i THERN HEARD IT MIGHT BR A BAD BLoACK (ouch) sO i ChanGED worn plugs...same thing. ran a compression test - came back fine....BUT SAME CAT CONVERTER ISSUE
fuel running iNSANELY Rich..enough to floul the new high flow Kleeman kats afTER 30 days of driving. time to chanGe the ecu MAPS WITH A TUNE AND GET THE CAT TO RUN RIGHT. cATS ARE CLOGED AND CODES POP UP FR LEFT AND RIGHT BANK EFFICIENCES TOO LOW.
mY AMBIEN PILL IS KICKEN IN NOW BUT wtf, ASSUME I NEED A let TUNE AND CHECK FUEL/RATIO. IDEAS?
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fuel running iNSANELY Rich..enough to floul the new high flow Kleeman kats afTER 30 days of driving. time to chanGe the ecu MAPS WITH A TUNE AND GET THE CAT TO RUN RIGHT. cATS ARE CLOGED AND CODES POP UP FR LEFT AND RIGHT BANK EFFICIENCES TOO LOW.
mY AMBIEN PILL IS KICKEN IN NOW BUT wtf, ASSUME I NEED A let TUNE AND CHECK FUEL/RATIO. IDEAS?
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Bring your car here to Chicago, I've got two of the best techs in the country who will get it sorted out before you need to refill on that ambien...
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dude, no one take Ambien. In 60 seconds I got rocked and fell asleep on my laptop...what a mess.
Anyways I also had the compression checked and it was fine across all cylinders. Benz charged me like $500...WTF.
I ended up replacing spark plugs (all worn) and had to replace some fuel injectors and clean the rail.
Supposedly no transmission issues whatso ever. Hard to believe the cause was per MB:
Bad tune ==> super rich mixture ==> under spec injector ==> clogged cats ==> misfires, transmission codes popping up.
It took Benz 30 days and $1800 to diagnose this with some new parts but mostly labor. Hopefully its correct. They said when they took off the exhuast to bypass the cats it drove like a dream. Just spent $1K on the damn Kleeman cats and the car MAYBE had 400 miles on them.
Good to know LET will be there on the 26th in my area. I will go.
Anyways I also had the compression checked and it was fine across all cylinders. Benz charged me like $500...WTF.
I ended up replacing spark plugs (all worn) and had to replace some fuel injectors and clean the rail.
Supposedly no transmission issues whatso ever. Hard to believe the cause was per MB:
Bad tune ==> super rich mixture ==> under spec injector ==> clogged cats ==> misfires, transmission codes popping up.
It took Benz 30 days and $1800 to diagnose this with some new parts but mostly labor. Hopefully its correct. They said when they took off the exhuast to bypass the cats it drove like a dream. Just spent $1K on the damn Kleeman cats and the car MAYBE had 400 miles on them.
Good to know LET will be there on the 26th in my area. I will go.
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Heh heh, the famous Ambien blackouts!! Great stuff!!
I used to walk into walls etc. Then you learn to lay down and take it.
Just to hijack for a sec. If ANYONE takes Ambien for more than 2 weeks, please please be careful. Going cold turkey can leave you near a nervous breakdown state. It's highly addicting and you will lay in bed with ZERO sleep for quite a few days. Best way to get off it is to taper slowly (after longer term use). Go 3/4....few days, then half....then 1/4.
Some people can come right off it but VERY few.
Let's just say some of us had to learn that one the hard way. Google bot will pick this up and just wanted to help future surfers on how to get off it.
I used to walk into walls etc. Then you learn to lay down and take it.
Just to hijack for a sec. If ANYONE takes Ambien for more than 2 weeks, please please be careful. Going cold turkey can leave you near a nervous breakdown state. It's highly addicting and you will lay in bed with ZERO sleep for quite a few days. Best way to get off it is to taper slowly (after longer term use). Go 3/4....few days, then half....then 1/4.
Some people can come right off it but VERY few.
Let's just say some of us had to learn that one the hard way. Google bot will pick this up and just wanted to help future surfers on how to get off it.
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I took it to Tysons. The trans sounded like it was in pieces but it pulled well today. I think it is ok. Drives fine now. I still don't understand it all....
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you read my mind. Going to put straight pipes in and swap them out every 2 years for VA emission testing. Assume I will lose TQ and gain HP...not a bad trade.
Going to get the LET tune since it will be custom to my car which is a big plus.
Going to get the LET tune since it will be custom to my car which is a big plus.
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Heh heh, the famous Ambien blackouts!! Great stuff!!
I used to walk into walls etc. Then you learn to lay down and take it.
Just to hijack for a sec. If ANYONE takes Ambien for more than 2 weeks, please please be careful. Going cold turkey can leave you near a nervous breakdown state. It's highly addicting and you will lay in bed with ZERO sleep for quite a few days. Best way to get off it is to taper slowly (after longer term use). Go 3/4....few days, then half....then 1/4.
Some people can come right off it but VERY few.
Let's just say some of us had to learn that one the hard way. Google bot will pick this up and just wanted to help future surfers on how to get off it.
I used to walk into walls etc. Then you learn to lay down and take it.
Just to hijack for a sec. If ANYONE takes Ambien for more than 2 weeks, please please be careful. Going cold turkey can leave you near a nervous breakdown state. It's highly addicting and you will lay in bed with ZERO sleep for quite a few days. Best way to get off it is to taper slowly (after longer term use). Go 3/4....few days, then half....then 1/4.
Some people can come right off it but VERY few.
Let's just say some of us had to learn that one the hard way. Google bot will pick this up and just wanted to help future surfers on how to get off it.
Using it now to get out of daddy duty when my daughter cry's and **** and ****s her bed in the night. Got to get off it again and help her mother, lol. Going to just use melatonin or wine.
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Do you need to swap it out for emissions as long as the OBD2 read ok?
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Hope you got it all squared away though!
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Heh heh, the famous Ambien blackouts!! Great stuff!!
I used to walk into walls etc. Then you learn to lay down and take it.
Just to hijack for a sec. If ANYONE takes Ambien for more than 2 weeks, please please be careful. Going cold turkey can leave you near a nervous breakdown state. It's highly addicting and you will lay in bed with ZERO sleep for quite a few days. Best way to get off it is to taper slowly (after longer term use). Go 3/4....few days, then half....then 1/4.
Some people can come right off it but VERY few.
Let's just say some of us had to learn that one the hard way. Google bot will pick this up and just wanted to help future surfers on how to get off it.
I used to walk into walls etc. Then you learn to lay down and take it.
Just to hijack for a sec. If ANYONE takes Ambien for more than 2 weeks, please please be careful. Going cold turkey can leave you near a nervous breakdown state. It's highly addicting and you will lay in bed with ZERO sleep for quite a few days. Best way to get off it is to taper slowly (after longer term use). Go 3/4....few days, then half....then 1/4.
Some people can come right off it but VERY few.
Let's just say some of us had to learn that one the hard way. Google bot will pick this up and just wanted to help future surfers on how to get off it.
You def don't want to be driving on this stuf, flat DUI territory...