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egan_gt

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I decided to pull the plugs on the car the other day. I wasnt very happy with what I found. The entire left bank plugs were extremely lean and the right bank plugs looked great! Im kinda confused! What could cause this?
 

BK_CAULEY

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im not sure what could cause an entire side to do it, if it was just one i would think it was a bad injector.
 

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Vacuum leaks will cause this!
 

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Just for the heck of it I swapped O2 sensors. I havent had a chance to see if it made a difference. I dont believe an A9L reads side to side though. It really boggles me. I havent seen this issue before?
 

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Punisher is right.And you did what I would of suggested.You are on top of it.
 

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Your o2 could of caused that bank to pull fuel also
 

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ok, thanks for the help guys. Im going to pull the plugs tonight and see if its the opposite with the right bank lean and the left bank lookin good.
 

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The A9L does read each side indepentantly. I would bank on the one on the lean side is bad. May as well change both, while you are in there, the "good one" is probably on borrowed time.
 

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I do believe they are the stock O2's from 1986 with 75,000 on them now. Hopefully it'll be that easy of a fix. If it did change, I'll just change both to be on the safe side.
 
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