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Old 03-03-2010, 02:03 AM
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95 3.4 camaro when my tank is competley empty and i take the gas cap off and theres no pressure like it wasnt even on but i have a locking gas cap? plus i think its running lean. help
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 01:28 PM
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Getting codes? Get it scanned.
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 03:43 PM
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First easy fix is to not run your tank completely empty, it's not good for the fuel pump motor anyway. Try not to go lower than 1/4 tank.
Is your locking gas cap a vented or non-vented type?
 
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Old 03-03-2010, 07:09 PM
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nope no codes ecept egr and iac. um idk about my new cap i dont belive its vnted but the same happened with my stock one after i had these problems i have 3,000 dollars and what can and should i do to upgrade this engine it has 198k miles on it 5spd and when got it at 192k it ran like a raped ape peeled out really easy fish tailing and hammering the gas shifting from 1st to 3rd it pulled a lot and now its just all around sluggish i had a series of problems such as clogged cat, messud up a lot clogged injectors, intake dirty, did a motervac system cleaning, egr problem(havent replaced egr yet just blanked it off), replaced fuel filter, fuel pump, and it makes a noise when smashing on it(like when you put your top teeth on ur bottum lip and make a v sound) also some morning i smash it and it almost wants to die others it takes right off, first system clean the clogged cat now i just did a seafoam clean and right before i did this i could barely peel out now i can 3k and drop clutch and hammer it but before i got 24mpg now i just get 20mpg and after all of this i jsut put cai on but before all of this i had just put a cherry bomb on . put cai on, and cut cat off and put cherry bomb on. any help with problems of what i should do
 




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