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Old 07-12-2003, 07:41 PM
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Rough acceleration, blinking check engine light, bad compass

Originally posted by Rtpjunior
I don't think you fried the computer (or ECM) since it is fuse protected. It sounds like you have a injector or two stuck open, and it is pumping too much gas into the motor. If the engine light is flashing or has flashed, then you have 1 or more codes stuck in memory, get them read, and you can get a better handle on the problem. A pretty good way to tell if you have an injector stuck open is to check your oil. The bad injec. will dump so much fuel into a cylinder that it will leak down into the cranckase, and eventually into the oilpan. Pull the dipstick, or drain the pan, and look for thin oil, or the smell of raw gas. If your oil fits this description and if one of your codes alert to an over rich condition, its a safe bet it's an injector.
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