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Car running rich. Could it be maf screen or o2's?

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bjl95mustang

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I'm only getting about 17 mpg right now (80 hwy 20 city) and it's seems like it's been slowly decreasing. I haven't run a maf screen for about 1 year and I can't find it to put it back in to see if it helps. The o2's have about 45k on them and about 5k ago I torched them and it seem to run a little bit better for a short time. I have the fpr set at 36psi and timing at 10* if I set the fpr any lower it starts to ping but it seems to run really rich at idle. In the past year I have replaced all the basic sensors and I just cleaned the maf. Do you think getting a maf screen would help or do you think it's the o2's or both.
 

AznStanger3v

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could be a fuel filter. ive noticed that if the O2 sensors are really messed up, it affects the driveablity of the car. Well, that happened to my friends car. can say it happened to me.
 

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Did the filter not too long ago.
 
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