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Old 03-15-2007, 10:38 PM
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i know white smoke= runing to rich.. i dont have the money for an afc.. but there is someone that will usean afc on my car and then take it off after he tunes it.. will that fix the problem for running rich??? or do i need to buy and afc??
 
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Old 03-15-2007, 10:50 PM
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the AFC cant tunethe ECU.. it fools the ECU so in other words you cant tune it then take it out it needs to stay in there. taking it out puts the car back to stock
 
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Old 03-15-2007, 10:55 PM
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oh. thanks.. the guy said he could put his afc to it and fix the problem... thanks.. so what should i do???
 
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Old 03-15-2007, 11:03 PM
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Well lets start by finding out why your running rich... cause it shouldnt run crazy rich unless you have a TON of mods then something is wrong prob. if your onstock fuel esspeically
 
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Old 03-15-2007, 11:10 PM
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do you mean stock(fuel) injectors, rail, pump??? those kinda things???
 
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Old 03-15-2007, 11:13 PM
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yes exactly. What parts have been upgraded so far.
 
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Old 03-15-2007, 11:27 PM
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and when did the problem start
 
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Old 03-16-2007, 10:38 AM
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and you say it's white smoke? smell it, what does it smell like? check your coolant level.
 
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Old 03-17-2007, 04:12 PM
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and you say it's white smoke? smell it, what does it smell like? check your coolant level.
yep. white = lean and/or coolant aka quite possibly your head gasket is gone. run a compression test.

black = rich. pull your plugs an check em out too
 
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