Date:         Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:49:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
Subject:      Re: Still running rich, now what
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Why not check the fuel pressure regulator with a fuel pressure gauge
first, before replacing it?  If it's in spec, your problem lies
elsewhere.  Similarly, if you've been itching to get a digitool
anyway, here's a great opportunity to put it to use!

T.

At 9:21 AM -0700 8/21/00, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>Well, you can start thorwing parts at it (my usual approach) or take it
>in and pay someone else to throw parts at it!
>
>It sounds like you are down to the O2 sensor, fuel pressure regulator,
>AFM, or ECU.  Start by replacing the cheapest first, the O2 sensor.
>($35 Bosch universal from list vendors).  Then move to the fuel pressure
>regulator ($70), AFM ($150 rebuilt), and hopefully you won't have to
>deal with the ECU, there is no cheap alternative here.
>
>If your a gambler, my money is on the fuel pressure regulator. Take a
>chance and skip the O2 sensor...

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Tobin T. Copley, M.A.                                     tobin@chspr.ubc.ca
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