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Hello everyone..first post here. About a month or so ago I purchased a 2003.5 MSP with @95,000 miles on it. About a week later, check engine light came on, saying it was the front O2 sensor. I replaced it, a few days later it came back on saying there was an exhause leak. Found out there was on on the manifold, got it fixed. Came back on a few days later saying the cat was bad. The dealership told me it would be the one mounted on the manifold. I took it to the shop I've been taking it to, they said mine didn't have one on the manifold and I just had the 2 in-line ones, they replaced both of those (with bigger piping on them), light hasn't come on since. As far as that, the only thing I've done to it is put in a K&N air filter, and ran a few tanks of 93 octane fuel thru it (the dealership I bought it from filled it up with the cheap stuff, which caused me a couple misfiring problems.) Everything seems fine, but a few days ago it started running high - the RPM's, on cold starts, go straight up to around 1500 (usually it would go that high, then immediately drop down to around 600 or so, which it does now after it's been driven a while), and my cruising RPM's are around 3,000-3,200, whereas before it was around 2500. It is also causing a noticeable increase in the gas consumption. But it's running just fine. I've seen some posts on other places saying the RPMs are fine that high, is it just now getting to that becuase I've fixed some things/got good gas in it, so it's now acting like it should?
If so, any ideas on the gas consumption? I'm taking it on a semi-long trip next week, so I'll know for sure, but it still seems rather high...
Thanks, and sorry the post is so long and possibly not very clear. I'm a electrician, not a mechanic lol
If so, any ideas on the gas consumption? I'm taking it on a semi-long trip next week, so I'll know for sure, but it still seems rather high...
Thanks, and sorry the post is so long and possibly not very clear. I'm a electrician, not a mechanic lol