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Old 04-17-2011, 05:23 AM
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Upon purchasing my S^TURN just over a year ago, I calculated that it got about 30mpg. After a few tune ups, alignment, cleaning injectors and intake and such I got 35-36. After I started driving it again this fall after leaving it parked all summer I noticed it dropped back to about 29-30mpg, and also had a high idle and idle surge between shifts. I just figured it was a sensor and I'd get around to it when I could. So today I figured I would take it apart and clean it up test some sensors. At step one this is what I found:







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Old 04-17-2011, 06:41 AM
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Be happy the mice only were in there and not eating wires
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Id grab some 3m adhesive tape, some peanut butter and mouse traps. I don't mind critters, but when they are up in my base I don't stand for it. Be glad the air filter was still whole.
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Yeah it seems like the best lil cubby hiding spot for whoever was living in there though. I leave the car parked all summer because its off the road when the camaro is on the road, I guess I should have thrown a glance in the airbox before I started driving it again!!

Strange thing is all I did yesterday was clean that out, but now I have an SES light... Secondary Air Pump code, just a coincidence? I might have unplugged something and forgot to put it back lol.
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I would put something around the engine bay when you park it to keep the critters out moth balls or rat poison or something.
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Definetly a FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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yikes!! Chipmunks filled up my Ranger's airbox with acorns last fall, haha that was a WTF moment for sure.
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I had a bunch of those little whirligig seed pods in my air box once, they were actually starting to wear a hole in the bottom of the filter just from getting whipped around in there.
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haahaha that sucks
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hahah shitty. hopefully they didn't fuck anything up
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