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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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Car runs bad HelpPPP please Read

Hey my car ran bad after i put it in (used engine wid 66,000 miles) so i decide it prob waz a vacuum leak so to slove that i installed block off plates and got rid of all the emissions stuff.... so i start it and it idles better now but still bavckfires alot What could the prob be (has a straight ehxaust wid a gleass pack...


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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 07:59 PM
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Try a TPS check/adjustment first...

How's the timing?
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by kxxryzex
Hey my car ran bad after i put it in (used engine wid 66,000 miles) so i decide it prob waz a vacuum leak so to slove that i installed block off plates and got rid of all the emissions stuff.... so i start it and it idles better now but still bavckfires alot What could the prob be (has a straight ehxaust wid a gleass pack...


Thanx for any help



Dustin
Well the ACV is to help prevent backfires... so if you removed it... well

And why have you not checked for a vac leak with some spray starting fluid??? (you spray it around the intake, and when it finds leaks in the intake system, the RPMs go up).
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