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Old 04-09-2010, 08:06 PM   #1
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Ok I finally got it to stay running and everything I have been posting a lot on here lately I changed the spark plugs and now it runs but really slugish and popping and all what else could it be






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Old 04-09-2010, 08:11 PM   #2
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Wicked vacuum leak, blown engine, timing WAYY off, bad gas....

Alot of variables.
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Old 04-09-2010, 09:02 PM   #3
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Well I know the motors not bad less than two thousand miles on it and would a blow off valve not hooked up right cause a big vac leak and the gas could be to and the guy i got it from mixed way to much oil with the gas as well.
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A BOV could cause a vac leak, but I don't know if it'd cause the car to run sluggish and backfire.

Was the motor broken in done properly?
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Yeah im pretty sure it was what are the requirements
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Aight I just asked the guy he told me pretty much everything that was in the thread
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And the compression is 115 front and back
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I'm starting to think its the afm or bad coil or wires cause when you touch where the boot meets the wire it shocks the piss out of ya
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Did you put the right wires on the right plugs?
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IS L1 AND T1 the front rotor and L2 T2 the rear
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Ok I unplugged the pressure sensor and it runs just fine but when I plugged it back in runs like crappy
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Ok got a ajustable fpr what should I put the pressure at
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Search much? Throwing any codes? TPS adjusted properly?
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