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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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just finished the engine blew a gasket an crackd both heads bought new heads an everythnig else. all new rad. an hoses an water pump ran fine for a day an a half then i was driving then it was idleing all messd up an shaking. found the problem 2 spark plug wires meltd from resting on header fixed that ran fine for the 3 times i drove it up the street an turn around then i left for 5mins an all the shudden ran like **** again like it did b4 went back to the garage an stil runs all messd up. its running rich on gas any1 no what the problem is?
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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its 3800 engine
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Check the vacuum lines on the map sensor. Mine ran so shitty and it was that and the spark plugs and wires.
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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did wires an spark plugs think my cuzion lookd at the vacuum lines we saw that the one cycender running rich the back passengerside one injecter?
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