really rich smelling exhaust...
10-03-2012, 04:22 PM
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the car needs a good romp
10-03-2012, 04:24 PM
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just driving around town, did about 3 hours of just stop-go yesterday and the gas smell was strong enough to peel back your eyelids...
removed the resonator, that's it... no pulls, just idling at 100F temps outside - and some street driving maybe to 45mph...
the car needs a good romp
removed the resonator, that's it... no pulls, just idling at 100F temps outside - and some street driving maybe to 45mph...
the car needs a good romp
Hand the keys over to me...
10-03-2012, 04:26 PM
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poor car just wants to stretch it's legs!
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10-03-2012, 09:11 PM
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My car with no cats wreaks horribly. What do the inside of the resonators look like? I was assuming they were either empty or had a couple large chambers.
10-03-2012, 09:40 PM
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took it in and my SA was great, no codes - but threw it on the computer and ran the basic tests - no codes, ran the O2 efficiency tests and they're within range - he said it's probably a bad tank of gas and to go take it for a good drive LOL love that guy!
what's that good fuel cleaner - not Techron, it's one that breaks the deposits into flakes and cleans out the combustion chamber...
LOL love that guy!what's that good fuel cleaner - not Techron, it's one that breaks the deposits into flakes and cleans out the combustion chamber...
10-03-2012, 11:56 PM
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06 E55, 03FORD P/S,01 E320-4M,99 ML320,O4 E55,05 RUBICON UNLIMITED,
Go out and drive for 20 minutes on the freeway in 2nd gear,constant/steady high rpm's. your problem will be solved. The cats are loaded up with fuel, super heat them by driving the car like that and you'll be good.
10-04-2012, 08:31 AM
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Log your AFRs - that is how you tell if your car is running rich....If you don't have a wideband, take the car to a smog shop and ask them to put the car on the rollers and put the sniffer in the tailpipe - you will know soon enough if you are running too rich. That said, if you are smelling fuel, you likely have the fuel tank / sending unit leak that is so common on these POS (sorry I mean gems of cars).
10-04-2012, 12:19 PM
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Log your AFRs - that is how you tell if your car is running rich....If you don't have a wideband, take the car to a smog shop and ask them to put the car on the rollers and put the sniffer in the tailpipe - you will know soon enough if you are running too rich. That said, if you are smelling fuel, you likely have the fuel tank / sending unit leak that is so common on these POS (sorry I mean gems of cars).
