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Topic: How do you know if you are Running Rich?
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JdubO7
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How can you tell when your car is running rich and how do you go about fixing that!? Sorry if this is a retarded question but I won't know if I don't ask.
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Dynomax Mufflers/Headers/Pullies
65mm TB/76mm MAF System w/K&N
Hurst Short Shift/MSD Ignition
Electric Fan/3 Core Radiator
Ford 3.55's
Waiting in living room for install:
King Cobra Cluth
Looking for deals on:
Pony Rims w/tires
130 - 200 amp alt.
Posts: 65 | From: CA | Registered: Oct 2002
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LAST302
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To my knowledge usually a sign of running rich would be black smoke out of the tailpipes when your on the throotle. Running rich isnt so bad as running lean. To find out exactly how rich/lean you are running I think you would have to get the car put on a dyno with a computer hooked up. But thats just what I think. Maybe someone else can give a better response.
Posts: 1147 | From: Disco Bay | Registered: Jan 2002
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Chris M.
Ignore me, all I do is argue online!
Member # 1708
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take out one of your spark plugs, if it's really really black then smell it, if it smells like gas then you're running rich, if it doesnt then it's probably oil all over the plug. if it's white then it's lean and if it's like a goldish brown then it's running okay.
Posts: 2828 | From: West Bay, CA | Registered: Aug 2002
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JdubO7
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Member # 1973
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Originally posted by Mr Paint Job:
take out one of your spark plugs, if it's really really black then smell it, if it smells like gas then you're running rich, if it doesnt then it's probably oil all over the plug. if it's white then it's lean and if it's like a goldish brown then it's running okay.
and if it is running rich how do i remedy that situation??
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Dynomax Mufflers/Headers/Pullies
65mm TB/76mm MAF System w/K&N
Hurst Short Shift/MSD Ignition
Electric Fan/3 Core Radiator
Ford 3.55's
Waiting in living room for install:
King Cobra Cluth
Looking for deals on:
Pony Rims w/tires
130 - 200 amp alt.
Posts: 65 | From: CA | Registered: Oct 2002
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a50sn95
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Member # 527
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Wide Band O2 sensor. You can buyone , build one , or go to a chassis dyno that has one already.
To fix it, you have to chip it or Tweecer it or EEC-Tuner it .
Posts: 226 | From: Galt | Registered: Nov 2001
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