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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 04:40 PM
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Is this something you just gotta live with when you have a car that does not run with kitty cats? My tuner says I am spot on with A/F and I am tired of the endless cleaning.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by redrumss aka Z06PSI
Is this something you just gotta live with when you have a car that does not run with kitty cats? My tuner says I am spot on with A/F and I am tired of the endless cleaning.
Get a catch can from willfulone.
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Get a catch can from willfulone.

Already got an AMW.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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No kitty cats here either... Yet no soot problem either...

Wish I could be more help.
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Sounds like it's running rich somewhere in the power band.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 07:34 PM
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Sounds crazy but the easiest way to clean the soot I found is a cheap can of starter fluid from any autoparts store......
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Cajundude
Sounds like it's running rich somewhere in the power band.
Well the damn thing was running +15 on the idle and we corrected that and normal driving it was in the +2 range after we got done but no WOT tuning yet which might be my problem as I see a lot of that.....
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