M42 puzzle
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Well... Maybe solved.
Still same cel issues this morning, cold and engine warm. Except when going up a steep hill with throttle.
Gas gauge showed about 3/8 of a tank and I hadn't added any since this mess began in case I had to pull the pump. So added a container of HEET, put in 5 gallons of 93 from the local SA. No change for about 10 minutes then I got on the throttle hard, cel blinked for a bit then stopped blinking.
Drove around for about a 1/2 hour fine. Turned it off for about 10 minutes. Started again and ran it again for a 1/2 hour. Side streets and highway. Fine. No cel.
Letting it sit for the rest of the afternoon and we'll see what happens later.
Like I said maybe...
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Sat for 5 hours, just took it out again. All good at idle and at speed. Go figure.
Bad gas (Shell premium though) or condensation in the tank after running it down to the warning light before I had filled it up. Add in the old O2 sensor, a few marginal hoses, older plugs. etc etc???
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Or just go to west allis on the corner of 76th and Lincoln. They sell 110 octane
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89 will run better in a stock m42 than 110, Theres a site called pure gas or something along those lines where you can find ethanol free fuel. A couple years ago when i visited it showed that place in west allis and a place in baraboo as the closest ethanol free stations
Edit: Found the link http://pure-gas.org/
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I was totally teasing about the 110. I just run mid-grade and have never had a problem with my three m42s in the last Five months hahaha
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