right on hades, explained it perfectly. I really liked what you said here:

"as for oil burning my engine burned a lot of it could seriously tell when i tore that engine apart. I don't know if it caused my HC to fail because it was a little high but it can foul your sensors and well bad sensors means bad tuning."

exactly.

I'll post some charts I have and some good numbers to compare

edit: Juan, the dealership should have scopes. now, do they have people that can read them effectively? guess that all depends on the place. worth a shot, for the diagnostics anyway. get them to print out the firing lines (most can do that no problem) and post them here or something

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