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Sunday, January 8, 2012

UPDATE: 127,000 Miles and an Adjustment

On 1/4/12, Vic hit 127,000 miles.  It also needed a little adjustment after the intake job.  There was a nasty smell of raw gas that was getting worse and worse.  It was getting hard to sit inside the car!  When I stopped to get some gas, I popped the hood and started sniffing.  I spotted a lot of standing gas pooling around one coil pack.  After sopping up as much as I could with some paper towels, I started to drive back home (about 30 miles).  I stopped by Taxi Guy, and he had me drive the car into a bay, did a few quick adjustments, and now I can breathe in the car again.  One of the coil packs was not seated right in the intake.  I didn't realize just how little there is to keep them in place!  Loosen the fuel rail, twist the coil pack around a bit, then tighten things back up!  I am told there are O-rings that sometimes don't seat properly, helping such a problem to occur.