thanks for the reply Ben i will check things out again. i swear the intake
manifold went on real well but you never know.
<benteaches@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 13, 12:47 pm, "Randy Pape" <rpa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> can this code be caused by installing a new idle air control valve? i
>> thought the iac just controlled the idle . i had a code p0306 misfire
on
>> cylinder six and found out the morons that worked on my 98 stratus had
>> the 2
>> front spark plugs only finger tight,this caused the actual plug wire to
>> pop
>> up an inch off the spark plug and when i pulled out the plug wire for
the
>> #6
>> plug it was filled with gas. i then pulled the upper intake manifold
and
>> ended up finding the back 3 plugs were loose too. i torqued all of them
>> and
>> put the intake manifold back on,using the same gasket, it looked brand
>> new,they just changed it. now i have this new code i didn't have
>> before,p0171. they put in a new downstream O2 sensor but the 2 in the
>> exhaust manifold are original,but no codes for any problems with them?
>> does
>> this code lean toward a vacuum leak of some kind? thanks for any info
>> Randy
>
> This code leans toward a lean mixture..
> Intake manifold vacuum leak would be most probable, especially since
> it was just apart.
> Could also be MAF, fuel pressure, lazy 02 sensor etc...
> If it were me I would go back over everything I just did, looking for
> hoses off, gasket leak or cracked manifold.
> HTH,
> Ben
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