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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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Hey maybe someone can help me out I have a 98 eclipse GS and it wont pass smog i already put a new cat on it and plugs and it still failed do you think that maybe my timeing belt cold be off a tooth or something? thanks
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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No thats not it. Do you have a check engine light.
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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No check engine light on at all but it does work.
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:03 PM
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Try resetting the ECU by unplugging the battery for 30 seconds
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:05 PM
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I did that already and it dident work you think an injector could be bad and spraying more fuel than it is supposed to?
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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hmmm... its hard to say.

You could try seafoam....
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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whats seafoam....?
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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you put it in your motor and it cleans it from the inside
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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Where do they sell it at? and it goes in the oil or the fuel?
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 11:31 PM
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Neither, although you can put it in both. You can get it from autozone.

You put it in a vacume line and it gets sucked directly into the motor.

Have you tried running the car for 20 mins before sending it in?
 

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