My car has 300,000 miles on it and ran well until the distributor went out. Had a new one put on but a few days later it began stalling so bad could hardly drive it. The shop checked it out and could not find the problem but said it likely the carburator. Only problem is I put a new carburator on it a year ago. So I put in some BG22 fuel sys cleaner and it began running much better. Now it barely stalls at times when accelerating and the ECS light quit going on all the time when I decel; it just goes on occasionally. Do you think I should run some more fuel sys cleaner through it on my next tank of gas or bring it into a suburu shop? What do you think could be wrong? I am OK driving it with more cleaner as that seems to get it better over time.
2007-05-01 16:08:38 · 6 answers · asked by Lighthearted 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Should I just run a tank full of gas through it before adding fuel cleaner to the next tankful after that or can I just put the cleaner in the next tank?
2007-05-01 16:13:25 · update #1
probably with this many miles, you have carbon build up in the intake and the BG cleaner helped to break loose some of it..But you might have a EGR valve sticking..due to carbon build up...do this.. on 1/4 tank or less add 1 pint of tranmission fluid to gas, this will do the same thing as BG and also take the air cleaner off and while truck is running a steady 2k rpms add a little steady stream of marvel mystery oil into the carburator...for a few seconds, and this will help to the cleansing of the intake and you might want to change you fuel filter...
2007-05-01 16:18:15 · answer #1 · answered by gotspeed7883 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop and when you add the cleaner in it you also need to change the gas filter in it,after about a week of driving it,because this loosens up a lot of stuff in the gas tank ,and causes them to get stopped up,try changing the filter and then maybe adding a small amount of cleaner to it this may straiten it out,those are good cars i have owned 5 of them,and all of them gave great service,they just sat too low to the ground to go good in the snow other than that ,there a very reliable car,good luck with it hope this helps.
2007-05-01 16:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with John M, I was a Subaru Master Tech and I have seen many with well over 300k--one had 980k on it. I would look for a loose vacuum hose or something especially since it was just after someone worked on it.
2007-05-01 17:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by beetle_slayer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're doing high quality, you will quickly get the draw close of it. i'm confident your instructor would be telling you approximately looking the "biting factor". In tough words, all that advise is lifting the seize pedal very, very slowly until eventually you pay attention the engine notice commencing to be dragged down simply by fact the seize starts to work together. then you definitely can upload somewhat greater gas, launch the handbrake and ease the seize completely as much as force off. practice will make appropriate quickly.
2016-10-04 05:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
please do not add any more cleaner.
check for a loose vacum hose,specilly the carb. advance hose.
replace the carb. filter's in line fuel (it is locate and the carburator inlet fuel)
replace PCV valve.
millage? means nothing.
keep on going
2007-05-01 16:58:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u should realy think about buying another car that car already did its job not anybody can say that they have a car with that much miles in it you need a new car
2007-05-01 16:16:41 · answer #6 · answered by Raul S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋