Runs rich

Tiny
BUFFALOPHIL1948
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  • 1987 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET
  • 1.8L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 127,000 MILES
Cannot get it to pass emissions. Running too rich. Is there a hotter plug and wires that could be used to help this?
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Sunday, October 29th, 2017 AT 8:43 AM

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Tiny
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This will not help emissions, you first need to see if the O2 sensor is working, a faulty O2 sensor will default to rich, a live data read will show the activity of the sensor, get this checked first.
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 AT 8:00 PM

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