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Old Jul 10, 2002 | 11:58 PM
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Thought it was a good idea to ask for help but i guess i cant find any guess i will try l8tr.thanks
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:01 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by justin sutton:
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:05 AM
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I was just wondering if it is to rich or if it just burning oil?
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 10:25 AM
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Well tell us what it is doing. You need to be a bit more specific on what the car is doing. Seeing as that no one is there to look at the car you need to describe whats going on. Best way to find out if your running rich is to run an A-Tap on the car and read your O2 sensors
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 03:27 PM
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It is black as soon as i get in it & fades to a whiteish cloud of smoke it does this about half track on a 1/8mile.It started when i took the cats off & i dont have an A-Tap where can i get one this problem sucks.
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 03:40 PM
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Was also wondering what all i can do with an A-Tap.
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 03:51 PM
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Sounds as if everyone is having problems with A-tap is this even worth getting?
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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 04:22 PM
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Are you running O2 simulators?

Either way, if it started once you took your cat's off, you may want to look into you O2 sensors. A bad O2 sensor will **** your a/f ratio.

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If it is burning oil, smoke from the tail pipes will be blue if you are using regular oil. Smoke from the tail pipes will be a little more on the white side if you are using synthetic. Your exhaust will also smell like synthetic if it is burning synthetic oil. Another good sign that you are burning oil is that you have to keep putting oil in it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />

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