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Tiny
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Car would start then shut down immediately; had the fuel pump and the crank-shaft positioner replace; same problem; so now they say the computor needs tweeked; is that possible?
Sunday, December 12th, 2010 AT 6:09 PM

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Tiny
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Check the fuel pressure if its within specs-start here
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010 AT 6:16 PM
Tiny
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The shop has my car; my concern is being nickel and dime; my question to you is: after replacing a fuel pump, does the computer need to be qweeked before it will start? It's an $80 tweek
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010 AT 6:54 PM
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Dunno about tweeking-it has go thru diagnostics to find the trouble area-could be fuel, spark and engine problems-
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010 AT 6:58 PM
Tiny
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I quess you're no help to me then; forget the donation
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010 AT 7:02 PM
Tiny
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There's no such thing as tweeking the computer, unless it has to be reflashed to fix glitches

car would start then shut down immediately; Could also be an ignition switch
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010 AT 7:08 PM

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