First a question and then a funny story. My Mark occsionally gets a lean bank 2 or lean bank 1 code. I forget if its P0174 or P0178 but its one or both.
It gets the bank 2 semi regularly and it has only given the bank 1 code a couple times. I can reset it and it may come back in 50 miles or it may wait 9000 miles. Car does not run rough or stall and it always starts right up. The pump, filter, injectors and COPs are all under 2 years old (filter was changed 3K ago) and my rear O2s are shut off in the tune. I cannot find a vac leak eaither and there are no fuel smells.
Could a slightly sticking IAC cause that or are my front O2s about dead?
Now on to my stupidity. I am leaving for my 53 mile trip to work this morning and about 2 miles out my "Low Fuel" warning kicks on. I drive past the gas station thats 25 miles away and see their gas is .28 more a gallon then by my work and knowing the computer in my car is a little pessimistic I decided I would just get gas at the station across the street from my office when I go to lunch. At lunch I start her up and its at 0 miles till empty, fortunatly the gas station is 200' away. I go to pull out of my driveway and the car is tilted nose down a few degrees and it stalls. I knew the problem and only tried a couple seconds to restart. So there my car is, stalled out in the middle of my parking lots driveway blocking anyone from entering. So I go across the street and hope they have a gas can.... nope, sure dont. But hot damn they sell them! Only $18 for a cheap ass 1 gallon one that has a crap excuse for a cap. So I get it and put a gallon in and go back to the car. Guess what? Angle is too steep and the gas isnt high enough. Answeres my question as to where the pump is mounted. :lol: So I had to go back and buy another gallon.
So trying to save about $4 in going to the cheaper station I spent $18 for a gas can and pissed off many people plus it ate up my whole lunch break so no lunch for me. :lol:
*puts on flame suit*
It gets the bank 2 semi regularly and it has only given the bank 1 code a couple times. I can reset it and it may come back in 50 miles or it may wait 9000 miles. Car does not run rough or stall and it always starts right up. The pump, filter, injectors and COPs are all under 2 years old (filter was changed 3K ago) and my rear O2s are shut off in the tune. I cannot find a vac leak eaither and there are no fuel smells.
Could a slightly sticking IAC cause that or are my front O2s about dead?
Now on to my stupidity. I am leaving for my 53 mile trip to work this morning and about 2 miles out my "Low Fuel" warning kicks on. I drive past the gas station thats 25 miles away and see their gas is .28 more a gallon then by my work and knowing the computer in my car is a little pessimistic I decided I would just get gas at the station across the street from my office when I go to lunch. At lunch I start her up and its at 0 miles till empty, fortunatly the gas station is 200' away. I go to pull out of my driveway and the car is tilted nose down a few degrees and it stalls. I knew the problem and only tried a couple seconds to restart. So there my car is, stalled out in the middle of my parking lots driveway blocking anyone from entering. So I go across the street and hope they have a gas can.... nope, sure dont. But hot damn they sell them! Only $18 for a cheap ass 1 gallon one that has a crap excuse for a cap. So I get it and put a gallon in and go back to the car. Guess what? Angle is too steep and the gas isnt high enough. Answeres my question as to where the pump is mounted. :lol: So I had to go back and buy another gallon.
So trying to save about $4 in going to the cheaper station I spent $18 for a gas can and pissed off many people plus it ate up my whole lunch break so no lunch for me. :lol:
*puts on flame suit*