>> I should be able to
>> I should be able to have a CO reading of 1.0-1.2 and a HC reading of under 200. Because my car does not currently produce these readings, I still have a problem ----with my fuel system. <<
Yes Ken you still have most likely several problems working in concert to produce the results of poor starting and poor running. While you may think your engine runs "fine", the 3.5 CO # disagrees with you, and says that the engine is "not running right". There are truly ALOT of factors working together to make an engine run. The fuel system is only one of those factors, but in every easter egg hunt we need to start somewhere in tracking down what the problems are and how to correct them. A good hunt has a good starting point. From there we fill in the blanks with info we need but don't yet have. You filled in one blank so far, CO & HC....those numbers tell us (1- the Fuel Mixture & Combustion effeciency are poor...now we try to find out WHY they are poor...
As the blanks are filled in with info a clearer picture will emerge.
Regards, JRV
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