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car's rich, i'm not
- Subject: car's rich, i'm not
- From: foxxinabox at wideopenwest.com (Foxx (in a box))
- Date: Wed Feb 15 21:56:26 2006
this is sort of a two parter. i recently added sea foam to gas tank
to help clean that injectors. for the first week everything was good.
now, though, when i start up in the morning or afternoon, the car will
take a second more to start and blow blackish smoke on hard
acceleration. strangely enough, it does not seem to do this in the
evening (yes, with enough light to see). the car will also stumble and
have poor acceleration until the smoke diminishes. i know i need to turn
the mixture down, but don't a couple of things have to be adjusted to do so?
also, when i bought my car i was getting about 33 mpg with great
power. problem was it was leaking like a sieve. i replaced the seals and
the timing belt and had to take it in to get timed. once i got the car
back, the best i achieved was 25 mpg with a noticeable loss of power (my
non car-savvy gf even noticed the difference). i recently replaced the
o2 sensor (the old was was more of a burnt off nub, like a bolt) and am
now getting about 28/29 mpg, still crappy power, however. any ideas on
how they might have botched it?
both i and my fickle '85 8v await your suggestions.
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