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Subject:Re: intermittent running rich issue
From:Pat Spragge
Date:Wed, 7 Dec 2016 09:46:30 -0800

John
Is yours an auto trans? I'm wondering if this behavior is limited to the AT vans

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> On Dec 7, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Water in the gas tank?   Just did that... the expansion tank rubber
> grommets on my 84 were useless, and those expansion tanks are perfectly
> positioned in the wheel wells to collect water on their flat tops, with
> tubes to take that collected water back into the main tank.
>    I surmised that as long as you're moving and the engine is running, the
> water in the gas is all mixed up and doesn't hurt the running but when you
> shut down for a while, the water that was in solution with the gas settles
> out, then when you start again, you get mostly water to run the motor..
>  I don't know if mine "seemed" to "show" rich symptoms, but bad gas and
> rich are similar in manifested symptoms...
> 
>> On Dec 7, 2016 8:51 AM, "John Goubeaux" <john@ucsb.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> In my case I've already replaced both the AFM and TB with rebuilt ones
>> and had them adjusted, so I'm gonna rule them out BUT know they can add
>> to bad running issues.
>> 
>> -john
>> 
>> 
>>> On 12/7/16 8:46 AM, Dan N wrote:
>>> 
>>> also...it could be a worn throttle body or a faulty throttle body switch
>>> 
>>