Tom's Hardware: Topic question
Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions.
Sign up now! Its free!
I've seen plugged catalytic converters do that... The beads swell up & the exhaust can't get out.. My cousin just replaced one, after he replaced the trany, that he thought was the problem... $2500 for the trany & $1800 for the cat. converter... Only had 85k on it...
I'd get it scoped.. That's the only way to make sure of what you've got.. Auto Zone will do a basic test read of the codes, for free....
They don't make them like they used to... 
Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! 
The problem is that it's a Focus. 
--
"There's more to life than profits."
<font color=red>"Like what?"</font color=red>
"Like, you know, Slurpees and stuff."
<A HREF="http://images.southparkstudios.com/media/video/707/slurpees.mov" target="_new">South Park</A>
NEVER, I MEAN NEVER QUESTION A FOCUS, AGAIN!
Focus once or twice, its all good! 
<pre><font color=red>°¤o,¸¸¸,o¤°`°¤o \\// o¤°`°¤o,¸¸¸,o¤°
And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign</pre><p></font color=red>
???? I think I either didn't explain myself well, or you misunderstood. If 1 injector is clogged, then there will be a misfire. If it isn't misfiring, its likely not the injectors.
So, to answer your question bluntly - because it isn't clogged... 
Mike.
<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>
lol bastage; you can only afford so much on USmilitary pay 
<A HREF="http://www.cameronwilliamson.com/nutshell.mp3" target="_new">"Like a scrotum, there it is in a nutshell."</A>
<font color=red>Roll Tide!</font color=red>
<A HREF="http://www.cameronwilliamson.com" target="_new">-={Apathetic As<i></i>shole.}=-</A>
Since your budjet, just cut a hole in the floor board and run with it... Better mileage and speed!
<pre><font color=red>°¤o,¸¸¸,o¤°`°¤o \\// o¤°`°¤o,¸¸¸,o¤°
And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign</pre><p></font color=red>
im not really worried about the manual i could fix any of the probs if i knew exactly what the prob was 
im just not sure what it is yet, prolly take oit to autozone tomorrow.
<A HREF="http://www.cameronwilliamson.com/nutshell.mp3" target="_new">"Like a scrotum, there it is in a nutshell."</A>
<font color=red>Roll Tide!</font color=red>
<A HREF="http://www.cameronwilliamson.com" target="_new">-={Apathetic As<i></i>shole.}=-</A>
That's an easy one 
Fuel level is usually determined via a float inside the tank. As you move - accellerate & slow down, turn corners, go up and down hills, etc., the fuel sloshes around in the tank, and the float bobs up and down. Various methods can limit the fluctuations (electronic tracking using a moving average of measurements, etc), but the fluctuations are always there.
Mike.
<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>
More like <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/edenx10/z24.jpg" target="_new">this</A>.
--
The <b><A HREF="http://snipurl.com/blsb" target="_new"><font color=red>THGC Photo Album</font color=red></A></b>, send in your pics, get your own webpage and view other members' sites.
Actually it's a weird wide front to narrower back parking space, so that's why it looks like I didn't park right at all.
--
The <b><A HREF="http://snipurl.com/blsb" target="_new"><font color=red>THGC Photo Album</font color=red></A></b>, send in your pics, get your own webpage and view other members' sites.
GM's (Chevy, Olds, Pontiac, etc.) all fluctuate a lot, Fords (Mercury, etc.) don't fluctuate as much, my Nissan does just a little, but generally its rock solid (and dead on accurate), so I'd say yah, pretty much all of them do. Only time I pay attention to what the gauge tells me is after going a steady speed (or stopped) for a solid minute, and on a level surface - and even that I take it with a grain of salt.
GM just doesn't do small cars very well. Lets see, 350k is about 210miles, and 56L is 14.8gal. Assuming you put about 12gal per fill, that means --- gaah, my wife's V6 van gets that --- 17mpg (7K/L). Wow, I thought Cav's got better mileage than that. Anyways, the Z24 engine is a high output (so to speak) standard engine, and being 'souped up' reduces fuel efficiency. Probably changed the gearing a bit for better performance too, which will also reduce mileage (umm, K/L in your case 
)
AC really sucks the juice out of little engines. The compressor is driven off the crank, so it directly reduces fuel efficiency. My parents bought a first-year Cav (1980) back then and even with the 5-speed manual you could really tell when the AC was on.
Mike.
<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>
OK I figured out what is wrong with my car.
<A HREF="http://cameronwilliamson.com/001.jpg" target="_new">1</A>
<A HREF="http://cameronwilliamson.com/002.jpg" target="_new">2</A>
<A HREF="http://cameronwilliamson.com/003.jpg" target="_new">3</A>
[sigh]
<A HREF="http://www.cameronwilliamson.com/nutshell.mp3" target="_new">"Like a scrotum, there it is in a nutshell."</A>
<font color=red>Roll Tide!</font color=red>
<A HREF="http://www.cameronwilliamson.com" target="_new">-={Apathetic As<i></i>shole.}=-</A>
Man its getting cold in here I need to go back down the AC some!
<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=2541&st=0#entry20385" target="_new">My Puter</A>
Drag Man!!!
Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS!
You have full coverage, no? Be sure to claim that the accident if causing your car not to idle.
<pre><font color=red>°¤o,¸¸¸,o¤°`°¤o \\// o¤°`°¤o,¸¸¸,o¤°
And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign</pre><p></font color=red>
Please mind
You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.
Sponsored links
Ad
Related Content
- how to install a car pc
- what gage speaker wire should i use
- sound exciter
- sound exciters
- how many amps does a car stereo draw
- abit ax8
- socket 939 to socket a converter
- speakers picking up radio signal
- wd2000jb ide slow
- why would pc keep running until it over heats
- how to get max power out of you car stereo
- drive not ready close door
- where do we sign a framed photo
- x700 pro power consumption
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
- 08:48 Porksmuggler won the Sophmore badge
- 08:15 joshthor won the Sophmore badge
- 01:00 asianette won the Uniformed badge
- 01:00 L O B O won the Uniformed badge
- 01:00 kennaki won the Uniformed badge
- 01:00 viktor911 won the Uniformed badge
- 01:00 pkw4 won the Uniformed badge
- 01:00 tommy indanus won the Freshman badge
- 01:00 ssalem47 won the Freshman badge
- 01:00 bitpirate won the Freshman badge