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1998 SL2 TANNY ISSUE NEED HELP PLEASE

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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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2 WEEKS AGO I REPLACED THE SHORT BLOCK AND PUT ALL BACK TOGETHER AND WAS RUNNING OK A LITTLE ROUGH SO I REPLACE PLUGS AND WIRES AND IT RAN BETTER BUT WAS STILL TROWING A CODE P0172 BANK ONE RICH/RUNNING TO RICH SO I REPLACED THE O2 SENSORS PRAYING IT WOULD HELP BUT YOU KNOW ALREADY IT DID NOT. AND IT WOULD GO OOF MAYBE ONCE IN A DAY OF NORMAL TRAVEL. YESTERDAY WOKE UP GOT THE WIFE I\AND THE BABY IN THE CAR STARTED FINE PUT IT IN REVERSE AND THEN TRYED DRIVE AND NOTHING PUT IT BACK INTO REVERSE AND NOTHING I HEARD NO SOUNDS OF ANY KIND AND/OR NO WIERD JERKS OR PULLS OF ANYKIND CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHATS UP OH YEAH I ALSO CHECK ED FLUID AND ADDED A QUART BUT NOTHING HAPPEND PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM CHANGING THE TRANS BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMTHING WIERD WITH THISCAR OR TRANS SETUP WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR A TIMEY RESPONSE[img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]
 
Old Jan 24, 2009 | 12:43 PM
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could it be the valve body that is in need of replacement
 
Old Jan 24, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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First thing I''d suspect is an electrical porblem is this happened all of a suddr. Either a battery or alternator problem. If not that then the valvebody in the transmission may be bad. But those usually go out over the course of a few months or years.
 
Old Jan 24, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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I agree. Check all the fuses related to the transmission/transaxle ...
 
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