poor car just wants to stretch it's legs!
really rich smelling exhaust...
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the car needs a good romp
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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...
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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...
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i think it's Redline SI-1 - anyone try this stuff?
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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.
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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).
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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).
