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11mpg and kinda rough idle.

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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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its all good i get my parts at wholesale. real cheap so i dont mind buyin parts. Plus the jeep has about 170,000 on it and i bet the original owner didnt change anything out.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:02 PM
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And i did install and clean each part one at a time and it was the o2 sensor. The thing was all rusted.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Well it still seems like it has a rough idle. Anymore ideas because im lost at this point
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:41 PM
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Stupid question but how are you calculating your mileage? And are you adjusting for larger tires. I forgot about having larger than stock tires and figured I was getting 11mpg but I have larger tires than stock so its probably 14-15ish still needs improvement.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Rough idle- one word

SEAFOAM
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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i Just used seafoam so lets see.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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I have 235/75/15 tires. there bigger then stock right or are they stock?
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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they are a bit bigger than stock but not much
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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cool so how much would that change gas mileage, by like 1 or 2?
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