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"FantomFan" <reaper_nz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote in message
> news:abff0$4547eda6$44a4a10d$9225@msgid.meganewsservers.com...[color=green]
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>> "Dr. Chicago" <lee.kevin@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:1162335422.241951.285370@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>>> OK, let's call it limp mode. So why might this have naturally occorred
>>> after a couple months sitting? And why/how was it cleared at A-Zone.
>>> No gas was added. Just the problem and a trip to A-Zone and everything
>>> was good after that. That was the first time. Now it's sitting again
>>> and apparently behaving the same way again. I'm trying to find out if
>>> this is typical and if I repeat the "fix" and drive it regularly if
>>> anyone forsees any problem. The guy that did it before never had a
>>> single problem and got the 30mpg after his trip to A-Zone that I
>>> described. Thanks.
>>>
>>> KL
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>> Actually, I would not call it "limp mode" because that is a different
>> condition.
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>> Cars run poorly after sitting for a while for several reasons. Animals
>> can chew wires, debris can accumulate in the air filter and intake
>> plenum, gasoline forms varnish-like deposits on injectors, and discharged
>> batteries become sulfated.
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>> I think that it would be worth investing some time in changing the spark
>> plugs, air filter, coolant, and oil and investing in some Techron fuel
>> injector cleaner. Be sure to follow the fuel injector cleaner directions
>> carefully so it doesn't eat fuel lines.
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>> I have no idea why the car cleared up after visiting A-Zone because
>> hooking up a scan tool has nothing to do with how it runs, any more than
>> checking your blood pressure will lower your blood pressure, or taking an
>> EKG will clear up a heart problem.
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>> Ray O
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> Any possibility it could be some crap in the gas tank - seperates while
> sitting then gets mixed with fuel due to the movement of the car.[/color]

Possible but not very likely.
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Ray O
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