Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
speed dictated via the computer:
http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Stevil wrote:
>
> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
speed dictated via the computer:
http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Stevil wrote:
>
> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
speed dictated via the computer:
http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Stevil wrote:
>
> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
speed dictated via the computer:
http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Stevil wrote:
>
> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

Also, run a bottle og BG44K it is the best stuff on the market do a search
for a supplier in your area.
Coasty


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:4406BCB4.D9EC6C6@cox.net...
> A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
> I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
> Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
> speed dictated via the computer:
> http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Stevil wrote:
>>
>> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
>> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
>> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
>> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
>> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

Also, run a bottle og BG44K it is the best stuff on the market do a search
for a supplier in your area.
Coasty


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:4406BCB4.D9EC6C6@cox.net...
> A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
> I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
> Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
> speed dictated via the computer:
> http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Stevil wrote:
>>
>> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
>> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
>> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
>> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
>> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

Also, run a bottle og BG44K it is the best stuff on the market do a search
for a supplier in your area.
Coasty


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:4406BCB4.D9EC6C6@cox.net...
> A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
> I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
> Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
> speed dictated via the computer:
> http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Stevil wrote:
>>
>> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
>> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
>> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
>> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
>> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

Also, run a bottle og BG44K it is the best stuff on the market do a search
for a supplier in your area.
Coasty


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
news:4406BCB4.D9EC6C6@cox.net...
> A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
> I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
> Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
> speed dictated via the computer:
> http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Stevil wrote:
>>
>> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
>> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
>> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
>> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
>> HELP!

Re: Oil in Gas tank -- erratic idle
 

I suspect it it more WHAT you put in the tank and not the funnel used to put
it in with.
Did you put in 2-stroke fuel by mistake? I have seen that before and
usually there is more smoke out of the tailpipe.
--
later,
dave AKA vwdoc1

"Coasty" <uscg_ret at comcast dot net> wrote in message
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> Also, run a bottle og BG44K it is the best stuff on the market do a search
> for a supplier in your area.
> Coasty
>
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:4406BCB4.D9EC6C6@cox.net...
> > A little oil in the tank's not going to hurt a thing.
> > I would look at the connections and/or clean the Throttle Position
> > Sensor, or beside it the idle step motor, responsible for the engine RPM
> > speed dictated via the computer:
> > http://members.cox.net/wilsond/tb/tb.html
> > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Stevil wrote:
> >>
> >> Man it's not a good new year for me, I accidentally picked the wrong
> >> funnel (dumbass) to pour gas into my tank and used an oiled one. My 90
> >> 4.0L 6 cyl. XJ now has an alarmingly erratic idle spiking from @100 rpm
> >> to 3-400 rpm every complete turn... aaargh, any suggestions, new plugs?
> >> HELP!
>
>