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88 5.0 Gt Running Extremely Rich Help!!!

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  • Start date Start date Dec 17, 2017
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Andrew friddle

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The car is running really rich it will idle really good for about 1 minute then it goes to and smells like gas really bad ant ideas on how to fix will be greatly appreciated
 

billison

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Start by pulling yiur codes.
 
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Andrew friddle

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Any mechanic shop can pull from ob1 right
 

billison

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Just go to autozone and buy a reader. Like $30
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Check the 5.0 tech threads for how to pull codes

https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-fo...codes-from-eec4-in-86-95-5-0-mustangs.889006/
 

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell
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Amazon product ASIN B000EW0KHWView: https://www.amazon.com/INNOVA-3145-Ford-Digital-Reader/dp/B000EW0KHW


And how to use it
 

mikestang63

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Andrew friddle said:
Any mechanic shop can pull from ob1 right
Click to expand...

You either need to learn how to diagnose and possibly repair these cars or sell it. Taking the car to the mechanic on a 30 year old car when things go wrong will end up as a black hole of money.
 
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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Not hard to diagnose, fix. Most info you need is in the 5.0 tech/how to threads
 
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