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Subject:85 running soooo crappy please help
From:Tracy Bonin
Date:Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:07:48 -0700

Good evening everyone,

Well in hopes of keeping this post relativly short I will put everything in lists ....

problems:
1 running sooo very rich
-CO I think at 12, ...HC's at like 700 or something
from running rich.. thinning out my oil to the point where you pull out the dipstick and can smell the fuel on it ( I know that this is extremly bad and have spent enough money on oil changes that would equal like 6 months of oil changes)
2 Lack of power , especfially on uphill
3 Hesitating, and bucking

things I've checked and or replaced if needed:
1 Coolant temp 2 sensor
2 O2 sensor
3 fuel pressure regulator
4 all lines and hoses
5 Grounds
6 Air Flow Meter

Things that can be wrong with it, but don't know how to check and or am unaware of what other symptoms happen when they go bad
1 Cat convertor
2 fuel injectiors
3 fuel pump and or fuel pump relay
4 ECU

Any ideas.....? :-)
please help...
Tracy,
85' GL "Ripple"
65' Splitty

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