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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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time to get to work

OK so seen as how i'll once again be using my 91 as a daily driver
i need to actually start working on her i'm going to list several of the problems i'm having just for your thoughts and info

and yes before you say it i have and also will can't to use the search button

1st off it's a 91 w/118,000+ v6 with headers and dynomax exhaust everything else engine wish is all stock

2nd rough idle runs really rich

only getting about 150 miles per tank I know i know we've all talked about this before but now i'm really ready to fix her up and have access to a garage and tool to perform the necessary work

3rd she started blowing white smoke out the rear last week mixed with a little gas / rotten egg smell to boot

4th she also started stalling on me as well a total of 3 times so far with in the last week only happened when my foot is off the gas at a stop sign/light twice and the third was while switching lanes on I95 steering locked up and almost sent me into the wall Friday night

So she's off the road for now
i'me getting ready to order all the needed parts for a tune up
so please tell me anything and everything else i should look at
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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sounds like a shattered/plugged cat is making you stall, idle rough, smelling like eggs, and giving you crappy milage.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 02:32 PM
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Originally posted by Project: 85 2.8 bird
sounds like a shattered/plugged cat is making you stall, idle rough, smelling like eggs, and giving you crappy milage.
I'll second that. Also, how long ago did you re-set the ecm? Mine idles really rough after first resetting the ecm tell it learns proper IAC position.

Cap, rotor, all that good stuff new? If not, start on a Tomp tune-up.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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hey dale

yea i'm going to start with the
tomp special:hail: :hail:
and take it from there i guess i can't remember the last time i reset anything on this car
ok i just wondering about the main sensors should i change any / all of them as well

i'm just trying to get ahead of things i don't want any real problems this summers while trying to get from one job to the other or even worse trying to get home from either.... know what i mean!?!

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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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get the converter checked and/or replaced.

Start on tomp tuneup.

Try not to re-set the ecm unless needed.

Part of tomp is cleaning the iac and passages, also replacing the o2 sensor. Otherwise unless a sensor is bad, they dont need checked or adjusted.
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