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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    Could you of blown the headgasket? Is the oil and coolant clear? That won't always tell the story though. How do the plugs look?

    I don't know if they had a MAF or what but anything on the intake track usually with a large plug on it, it's usually a separate piece of the track.
    I have no oil leaking at all. Oil and coolant are good looking. Plugs are brand new. As for a MAF, the only thing I see on the intake track is, what I was told on CKCC was the computer.

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    Clean any electrical plugs you see with cleaner.

    Blown head gasket may not really show symptoms through oil or coolant change. My Miata blew a HG to the point it wouldn't start and the oil looked fine as did the coolant. Sometimes if plugs look "steam cleaned" it indicates a leaking HG.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    Clean any electrical plugs you see with cleaner.

    Blown head gasket may not really show symptoms through oil or coolant change. My Miata blew a HG to the point it wouldn't start and the oil looked fine as did the coolant. Sometimes if plugs look "steam cleaned" it indicates a leaking HG.
    What kind of cleaner?

    My plugs look fine still. It ran fine all day Sunday, but Monday, nothing. Could me running out of gas Sunday have anything to do with this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KodyH View Post
    What kind of cleaner?

    My plugs look fine still. It ran fine all day Sunday, but Monday, nothing. Could me running out of gas Sunday have anything to do with this?
    Well yeah if you picked up dirt from the bottom of the tank and clogged something up, is there only one fuel filter? One pump?

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    Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett View Post
    Well yeah if you picked up dirt from the bottom of the tank and clogged something up, is there only one fuel filter? One pump?
    One filter, one pump.

    New update. I sprayed in some starter fluid. I got it cranked after the holding the key forward for 10 seconds. It started and ran for another 7 seconds. It sounded way too slow, and puffed out a ton of black smoke.

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