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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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running rich

well I am running rich all the sudden and getting poor gas mileage all the sudden I am only getting like 16-17mpg. I need help. for the most part my 1991 300zx n/a is stock I am running good fuel press. Is it a mas, 02 sen. Any toughts
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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could be O2 sensors, temp sensor, plugs, etc....quite a bit of things.
Old Dec 12, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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new plugs, and temp sen.
Old Dec 15, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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Could have a dirty air filter, dirty fuel filter, could need the throttle bodies cleaned, tires could be low on air.

Could be lots of things.
Old Dec 15, 2006 | 10:57 PM
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MAF???? throttle boddies yes.
Old Dec 16, 2006 | 11:33 PM
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It's not the MAS. A MAS won't cause poor mileage.
Old Dec 17, 2006 | 01:39 AM
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MAS my bad. hmm... is this like crazy rich? or just rich? as in a bit of smoke bad gas mileage. just curious
Old Dec 17, 2006 | 05:08 AM
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Any ECU codes?
Old Dec 17, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by snwbrderphat540
MAS my bad. hmm... is this like crazy rich? or just rich? as in a bit of smoke bad gas mileage. just curious
Crazy rich? Is that a technical term? How would one determine if their car is just running rich, or running crazy rich?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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Crazy rich? Is that a technical term? How would one determine if their car is just running rich, or running crazy rich?
Maybe CRAZY rich is liquid fuel coming out the exhaust pipes.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 10:19 PM
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Oh shnit, a thread bagg'n on Sno..lol..hmm crazy rich?
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 11:05 PM
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It's probably a bad O2 sensor
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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haha. basically yeah its almost a liquid or distinct smell of pure gasoline straight out the tail pipes. compared to as where you said you noticed gas mileage suffering so you say its rich. it made sense in my head. haha. CC understood me.
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