running lean??
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running lean??
SO i have been watching my A/F gague for the past week and noticed that my gauge is constantly in the red (lean). the gauge will bounce back and forth from lean to rich (normal) when the car is cold. One the car warms up all i get is lean condition and the car dosent feel as fast and dosent pull as hard.
I made a few WOT runs and the gague showed Stoich at Wot and usually it shows rich
is the gague to blame, bad o2, or bad gas as my father likes to think I also get the smell of rotten eggs, bad cat?
THere is no SES light and i just pulled the codes and there was nothing
any insight
I made a few WOT runs and the gague showed Stoich at Wot and usually it shows rich
is the gague to blame, bad o2, or bad gas as my father likes to think I also get the smell of rotten eggs, bad cat?
THere is no SES light and i just pulled the codes and there was nothing
any insight
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Possible problem
You might want to check your cat converter if you smell sulfur. It'* probably on it'* way out, clogged converters will also cause a lean condition. Let us know.
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Originally Posted by 1993 SLE
anyone else??
I am on Thanksgiving break and the car is sitting in a parking lot thinking about what it has done over the past few days
I am on Thanksgiving break and the car is sitting in a parking lot thinking about what it has done over the past few days
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With will on this one.....that was my problem to b4 i swapped the o2 sensors out. but could be a bad tank of gas..
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rotton egg
Agreed rotton egg smell does indicate a rich condition.
I also once got this smell from a bad tank of gas. I had water in it and somehow comfused the 02. You would not believe the smell coming from the exhaust.
I went home and tried a bottle of Isopropal gas dryer and it worked.
I also once got this smell from a bad tank of gas. I had water in it and somehow comfused the 02. You would not believe the smell coming from the exhaust.
I went home and tried a bottle of Isopropal gas dryer and it worked.