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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / April 2008

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code p0171?

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Randy Pape - 13 Apr 2008 20:47 GMT
can this code be caused by installing a new idle air control valve? i
thought the iac just controlled the idle . i had a code p0306 misfire on
cylinder six and found out the morons that worked on my 98 stratus had the 2
front spark plugs only finger tight,this caused the actual plug wire to pop
up an inch off the spark plug and when i pulled out the plug wire for the #6
plug it was filled with gas. i then pulled the upper intake manifold and
ended up finding the back 3 plugs were loose too. i torqued all of them and
put the intake manifold back on,using the same gasket, it looked brand
new,they just changed it. now i have this new code i didn't have
before,p0171. they put in a new downstream O2 sensor but the 2 in the
exhaust manifold are original,but no codes for any problems with them? does
this code lean toward a vacuum leak of some kind?  thanks for any info Randy
benteaches@gmail.com - 14 Apr 2008 15:03 GMT
> can this code be caused by installing a new idle air control valve? i
> thought the iac just controlled the idle . i had a code p0306 misfire on
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> exhaust manifold are original,but no codes for any problems with them? does
> this code lean toward a vacuum leak of some kind?  thanks for any info Randy

This code leans toward a lean mixture..
Intake manifold vacuum leak would be most probable, especially since
it was just apart.
Could also be MAF, fuel pressure, lazy 02 sensor etc...
If it were me I would go back over everything I just did, looking for
hoses off, gasket leak or cracked manifold.
HTH,
Ben
Randy Pape - 14 Apr 2008 22:09 GMT
thanks for the reply Ben i will check things out again. i swear the intake
manifold went on real well but you never know.

>> can this code be caused by installing a new idle air control valve? i
>> thought the iac just controlled the idle . i had a code p0306 misfire on
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> HTH,
> Ben
 
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