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Offline homersipes

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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2012, 07:13:18 AM »
what kinda car is it?  Is you engine light on?  I always start with a fresh tuneup, unless the engine light is on, then take it and have it read and replace the parts.  Never had any real issues that a tune up didnt fix.

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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2012, 11:43:47 AM »
My local Autozone and Kragen both have free use of the diagnostic tool to check for fault codes.  Has been pretty reliable for me to quickly get to problems on my cars over the years.
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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2012, 02:52:46 PM »
well...... it appears it was air AND ignition. bad throttle body gasket meant I wasn't getting adequete air. it so happens my spark plugs were completely shot too. the fuel wasn't burning in my combustion chamber, so when I went to start it it the car would flood out a little. it all makes sense now. 


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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2012, 03:36:19 PM »
well...... it appears it was air AND ignition. bad throttle body gasket meant I wasn't getting adequete air. it so happens my spark plugs were completely shot too. the fuel wasn't burning in my combustion chamber, so when I went to start it it the car would flood out a little. it all makes sense now. 


$100 later that I didn't have...:bhead


 you were getting too much air if that gasket was leaking. possibility of an overly lean mixture burning the plugs out.
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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2012, 03:55:22 PM »
you were getting too much air if that gasket was leaking. possibility of an overly lean mixture burning the plugs out.

Yup. Chevy TBI trucks used to have that issue. Folks would not bring their truck in for it's first checkup. The throttle body never got retorqued. The gasket eventually failed causing hard starts and high idle.


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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2012, 08:45:34 PM »
It could be something as simple as a fuel filter.

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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2012, 04:01:23 PM »
Did you ever post what make, year, engine it is?

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Re: gear heads....
« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2012, 04:44:48 PM »
Did you ever post what make, year, engine it is?

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