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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 02:10 AM
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another TL broke down...

aight... so tonight, I was at school, just talking to my girl. Then the TL started shaking, smells like gas in the car, RPM goes up and down at idle, then it stalled... I restarted it, got out of the car, a lot of white smoke comes out of the exhaust... So then... I shut it down, let it sit for like an hour, drove to my friend's house, it was fine, but when I was leaving the place, it started doing it again... So I pulled over, calledmy friends, they came, it just did that the whole time. They followed me home. They think it's either the MAF sensor or the O2 sensor... The car's running super rich, both cars following me could smell the gas... The car smells like gas inside... After I got home, the garage and the whole damn house smell like gas...

The car stalled twice tonight total... I pulled the battery terminal to reset the ECU, right after that, the car would run just fine for like a minute or two, but start doing it again... The whole car would shake at idle, tons of white smoke comes out... I'll have to take it in to Acura of Omaha and have'em void my warranty but fix it... O well, wish me luck guys. By the way, I've ran 3 bottle of nitrous since it's installed and my bottle's been empty for the last 2 months... We don't think it's the nitrous so... If you have any suggestions, go ahead and post, I need some support man. You'll probably see me rolling in the RAV4 now. Peace out
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 09:23 AM
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dam they gonna void your warranty for the nitrous? good luck bro
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 09:52 AM
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hey red hot... do u have any pics of your car? specifically the start button part.... im very interested in seeign what ur car looks like. i bet it looks hot.
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 10:45 AM
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here's one for the starter button... that part looks different now because I have 2 switches for nitrous mounted in that area.
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Old Oct 26, 2002 | 12:26 PM
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thats pretty sweet... how hard was it to get that done?? not just the button but the whole thing.
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Old Oct 27, 2002 | 05:37 PM
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REDHOT, were you the one that is running dual stage? What do you run?
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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 01:22 AM
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I can run a multi-stage on the Venom 2000 system... but right now it's 75 shot, 3000RPM at full throttle in every gear.
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Old Nov 4, 2002 | 11:47 AM
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could have been blown gasket or anything...when you run NOS, things doesn't have to brake down RIGHt away...it can significantly shorten the lifespan of the parts..and when you drive it around a bit, that probalby enough to put the nail down.
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Old Nov 6, 2002 | 01:51 AM
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White smoke = coolant in combustion chamber. maybe as seals heat up, coolant can seep?
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