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Old 05-16-2009, 04:12 PM
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at a red light with the windows open my car smelled like it was running rich... i was the only one at the red light so i knew it had to be my car.. is this why im getting 240-260 miles for the whole tank... which is like 13.5mpg??
and is there any way to fix this??
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Have the codes pulled.
 
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no.. do you think its the engine vacuum lines?
and how can i check if they are damaged?
 
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It could be like 100 different things. That's why you need to have the codes pulled.
 
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no codes come up
 
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Maybe the mass flow is going bad.
 
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