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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 04:46 PM
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I had a real bad idle on my 1990 L98 with 95k original miles, Vette. I bought a set of third generation Bosch injectors from Jon and my idle isues were gone but now it's sucking up some fuel like 12.5 per mile city and 16 on highway and my "Service Engine Soon" light come on and will stay on until I turn the car off. Then it will not come on until a couple of days later. Anyone knows a reason on why this is happening?
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I had a real bad idle on my 1990 L98 with 95k original miles, Vette. I bought a set of third generation Bosch injectors from Jon and my idle isues were gone but now it's sucking up some fuel like 12.5 per mile city and 16 on highway and my "Service Engine Soon" light come on and will stay on until I turn the car off. Then it will not come on until a couple of days later. Anyone knows a reason on why this is happening?
Did you disconnect your battery for a minute after swapping out the injectors? Also pull the codes for the SES situation, my psychic powers are low this week.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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Thanks for the reply...yes I did have my batt disconnected before install and after also. As for the SES codes how do I go about doing that?

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Originally Posted by bonric60
Thanks for the reply...yes I did have my batt disconnected before install and after also. As for the SES codes how do I go about doing that?

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You can use a paper clip to jumper 2 connectors on the OBD1 connector under the driver's side dash. Do a search of the forum for the writeup on how to do this.
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