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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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can someONE help me? when i got the CODE reader, PO171 came up .how do you fix this? Edited by: richiro333
 
Old Jan 9, 2009 | 06:47 AM
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Make/Model/Year?
 
Old Jan 9, 2009 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by richiro333
can someONE help me? when i got the CODE reader, PO171 came up .how do you fix this?
FSM indicates that it could be:
Vacuum leak
Fuel pressure too low
Water in fuel
Exhaust leakage around the exhaust manifold


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Make/Model/Year?
It really doesnt matter. A P0171 is a P0171.
 
Old Jan 10, 2009 | 05:12 AM
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Indeed it is, Mike.

And your list of possibilities are indeed make/model/year-independent.

Always nice to know what you''re diagnosing, though.

For example:
While googling the code, I came across dirty "MAF sensor" as a possible culprit and since L cars use MAF sensors and S series use MAP sensors, I thought it''d be nice to know whether we''re talking L or S series here.....lest I suggest to an S car owner to clean his (non existent) MAF sensor....
 




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