...But its not counter productive...
...Reading what others have gone thru can help you diagnose your problems without turning a wrench..
...Others in this thread have given you answers, asked for more symptoms or have steered you in a direction yet you turn a deaf ear and go on with your own diagnosis of the problem..
...To us following along wanting to help, this tells us you have more information than we do on the problem...
...Having a rich condition could be 20 different things with as many different places to look and items to test. .
If you type in "running rich" you will get several threads to read that will help you diagnose your issue 24/7..
..I use the search function often and have been using it all week on a couple things Im working on ..
...Sure I could post a thread and check back whenever to see if there is an answer for what I'm dealing with and if not I can post another question and it seems to go on forever. .
In the meantime I need to use my truck so I search to get the answers I need now so I can keep my truck on the road.
...You can search for your answers and I just gave you an awesome tool that will help you or you can keep posting and we will try to guess the fix when you give us codes.
...There is also a good thread on getting the codes with a paperclip which I recomend over a code reader for your year of vehicle...