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Old 11-04-2013, 11:46 PM
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Thank you guys very much for the replies.

I took the car to my favorite Shell and filled the tank ALMOST (I ran out of money.) to the top. I calculated my mileage at 38.2 MPG almost all city driving.

Then I came home and swapped the fuel lines coming into and out of the engine bay. Driving down the street I saw no change. I drove down a fast road (45 so I did 55) and saw no change. Then I jumped back on the highway and did another run. Took just as long as last time to get up to 60 and since it is 8:30pm I was scared that I was going to get rear ended! I drove about 50 miles from swapping the lines, some city driving, some highway driving, and finished with more fast city driving. No difference at all.

The car still topped out at 80 in 5th gear. I could drive at 60 pretty nicely but at 70 it starts to get upset and at 80 it's very taxed. Pedal to the floor activating the kickdown/full load switch.

After I pulled off of the highway and sat at the off ramp, the car started to do its rough idle and felt like it was missing a cylinder. If I just barely push the gas pedal to bring the rpms up 100-200 or so, it smooths out completely.

The only fuel lines that I haven't touched are the return lines on the injectors (they look ok and don't weep), the clear plastic lines off the IP, and the lines that are under the tank.

I THINK compression is ok, since it starts pretty good and doesn't smoke. I might get a puff of white smoke at a cold start 50*F in the morning, but I figure the injectors are tired.

Now what do you guys think? I hope I can figure this out an get my power back. As it stands, my sister's automatic 2.2 with intact Cali egr is faster then my car.
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