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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:39 pm 
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Although the car doesnt idle as smoothly with fuel as it does on gas Ive noticed.
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This common on duel fuel cars that may not have had regular running on petrol. If the injectors are not being used they foul up, giving a poor spray pattern or not spraying much at all. To fix this the best way is to remove the injectors and have them professionally cleaned. Cost is around $20ea

 

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:09 pm 
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i can't believe how many people are righting it off as 'just a wiring problem'

YOUR OIL LIGHT IS COMMING ON put a known good gauge on it and check it. you would be a fool not to. might cost you a few dollars and chances are it will be ok. but if it's not you f**k your engine you'll be pretty p****d off about being a tight a***
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:14 pm 
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i can't believe how many people are righting it off as 'just a wiring problem'

YOUR OIL LIGHT IS COMMING ON put a known good gauge on it and check it. you would be a fool not to. might cost you a few dollars and chances are it will be ok. but if it's not you f**k your engine you'll be pretty p****d off about being a tight a***


well chances are the wiring is at fault, the light comes on then flickers then goes away, that dosen't happen unless a - oil pump is f**ked, b - wiring, c - sender/switch/gauge rooted .
is the car doing this at a low rpm, ie - 700 or under rpm?

 

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:30 pm 
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smoke_rubber wrote:
tickford_6 wrote:
i can't believe how many people are righting it off as 'just a wiring problem'

YOUR OIL LIGHT IS COMMING ON put a known good gauge on it and check it. you would be a fool not to. might cost you a few dollars and chances are it will be ok. but if it's not you f**k your engine you'll be pretty p****d off about being a tight a***


well chances are the wiring is at fault, the light comes on then flickers then goes away, that dosen't happen unless a - oil pump is f**ked, b - wiring, c - sender/switch/gauge rooted .
is the car doing this at a low rpm, ie - 700 or under rpm?



does it really mater if it flickers or only some times comes on??
it the oil light for s**t sake. oil is the single most important thing to your engine.
if it comes on ever, check what oil pressure you have, it's not hard and i might one day save your engine. the other thing i don't understand is why
ELRaiser kept driving the car with the oil light on.


by the way, you don't have to explain to a mechanic about why oil lights come. and yeah you got it on your 'a' reason. a f**k oil pump. could very well be the problem. and because it's the one that will cuase the most damage its the first one that should be checked
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:54 pm 
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settle down, no need to lose oil pressure over it!
im just saying it COULD be VARIOUS things.
i had an xf, the oil light came on all the time, we hooked a gauge up to it, and it never dropped down low.
i re-wired it, got a new sender, and that fixed the problem.
i totally agree with you about the light coming on, if my engine or oil lgiht came on, i'd switch it off right away.

 

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:56 pm 
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smoke_rubber wrote:
settle down, no need to lose oil pressure over it!
im just saying it COULD be VARIOUS things.
i had an xf, the oil light came on all the time, we hooked a gauge up to it, and it never dropped down low.
i re-wired it, got a new sender, and that fixed the problem.
i totally agree with you about the light coming on, if my engine or oil lgiht came on, i'd switch it off right away.


i agree i COULD be any number of things. BUT every one just went straight to saying don't worry it'll just be wiring.
and that is the wrong way to do things.
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it isnt the wrong thing, you check it all out at once and do the job properly.
the wiring in many of my known cases has been the fault.

 

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