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Offline DuckAholic1

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TBI running rich...Help!!
« on: January 25, 2015, 04:29:27 pm »
Any suggestions? 87 5.7 TBI rinning rich! Looked for vacuum leaks, none found. Timing set perfect. Spray from injecters look good(no dripping). Recent Throttlebody rebuild. What am I missing? Need your knowledge!!! Thank you!!

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2015, 05:47:01 pm »
I would check O2 sensor. Do you still have factory exhaust?

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2015, 05:49:08 pm »
Flow master exhaust. No headers.

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2015, 06:08:41 pm »
Check vacuum leak or the vacuum line from back of tb to map sensor or possible bad map

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2015, 10:10:21 pm »
Your troubleshooting can be made easier by looking for codes thrown by the ecm. Did you check for codes? As suggested by slug, the O2 sensor is a possibility and so is the throttle position sensor, coolant temp sensor, timing too advanced, ===all kinds of possibilities. :-[
check them codes.
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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2015, 01:02:15 am »
If you can’t tell yourself the truth, who can you tell it to?~Irish_Alley

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ~Sherlock Holmes

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2015, 07:18:47 pm »
Get the codes and posted them or look at Irish's posts and follow them.

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2015, 08:10:55 pm »
Thanks everyone, will be checking codes in the A.M.  Will post what I find. Wish me luck concidering it's my first time doing such!

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Re: TBI running rich...Help!!
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2015, 10:40:21 pm »
You rebuilt the throttle body- did the kit include a new fuel pressure regulator? A weak spring there can be a cause of too much fuel.
Don
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