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Old 03-31-2011, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill10656
Yeah I noticed that in the link posted earlier, wehys it need to be so high? once it is warm it doesn't seem to suffer from it.
I think it's supposed to be that high so you don't have idle problems when it's cold.
 
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Old 04-01-2011, 12:02 PM
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It's supposed to be that high so that the injectors don't plug up from the inefficient fuel use.
 
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Old 04-01-2011, 01:52 PM
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Just to clear this up as the mark's are different form 0-1k is the last blakc mark before 1 500, so i shuld be aiming to get the needle about halfway between that mark and the 1k mark?
 
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