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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / September 2006

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'94 bird 4.6L possible flooding & gas in oil

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rottieluver13@yahoo.com - 16 Sep 2006 21:36 GMT
normal tank mileage 360-380.  bought some bad gas and got 245 miles
that tank.  car running bad.  white smoke coming out of exhaust.  idle
drops drastically when stopped with foot on break.  hesitation when
touch gas pedal.  got new tank of gas (high octane) went 51 miles on 6
gallons of gas.  changed plugs and oil. noticed gas smell in oil.
inside car smells of unburnt fuel when running.  think possible
injector stuck but not sure how to check.  please advise any info.
Sharon K. Cooke - 16 Sep 2006 23:09 GMT
> normal tank mileage 360-380.  bought some bad gas and got 245 miles
> that tank.  car running bad.  white smoke coming out of exhaust.  idle
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> inside car smells of unburnt fuel when running.  think possible
> injector stuck but not sure how to check.  please advise any info.

Pull the engine codes. THE CEL does NOT have to come on or stay on for
codes to be thrown and stored. You could have; IAC valve, TPS, EGR, or
IMRC problems, maybe even just a vacuum leak.
Backyard Mechanic - 17 Sep 2006 02:50 GMT
> normal tank mileage 360-380.  bought some bad gas and got 245 miles
> that tank.  car running bad.  white smoke coming out of exhaust.  idle
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> inside car smells of unburnt fuel when running.  think possible
> injector stuck but not sure how to check.  please advise any info.

I bet it's the Fuel PRess Reg

Pull the vacuum line to fuel pressure regulator check for fuel in it.

though the FPR may be bad without that happening....

Brand? Citgo, right?

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Steve Stone - 17 Sep 2006 14:56 GMT
> Brand? Citgo, right?

The latest mantra from the media preaches that all gasoline comes from the
same storage tank farm / barge no matter what brand you buy, only difference
being a speck of additives thrown in the underground tanks.

So what does citgo have to do with it ??

I'm curious to hear what you have to say since I have a 95 T-Bird LX 4.6
that seemed to choke on a bad tank of Citgo gas about 6 months ago.
Backyard Mechanic - 17 Sep 2006 15:40 GMT
>> Brand? Citgo, right?
>
> The latest mantra from the media preaches that all gasoline comes from
> the same storage tank farm / barge no matter what brand you buy, only
> difference being a speck of additives thrown in the underground tanks.

That is technically correct.. but the KEY is those additives.  And the
condition of those tanks.

And it's rubbish; anyone who's been victimized by Sohio/Standard/BP in
the midwest .. until they recently changed their ways.. knows different -
FIRST HAND!

> So what does citgo have to do with it ??
>
> I'm curious to hear what you have to say since I have a 95 T-Bird LX
> 4.6 that seemed to choke on a bad tank of Citgo gas about 6 months
> ago.

Unless you're a socialist, you should be avoiding Citgo on principle, as
it's run by Chavez in Venezuela.

But on the practical side, the ONLY TIME I ever had Catalytics Curl up in
a molten ball was immediately after a desperation fillup at a mom/pop
citgo.
I only use Speedway otherwise... and by the way NEVER have to add
injector cleaners.

And, yes, Jeff, that is only anecdotal.

I fully recommend using -LOCALLY- high volume brand from high volume
stations... if that happens to be Speedway, you cant go wrong.

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