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Old Nov 13th, 2018, 18:43   #2
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if I use the accelerator it still has no power and may have small pops of backfire.
Backfire will occur due to unburnt fuel in the exhaust...

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got codes 5-1-2 (short term fuel mixture too rich)
...which leads me to think your Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor is failing and, once the automatic choke function is disabled by the ECU after a few minutes, the sensor is telling the ECU that the engine is still cold so it starts the automatic choke process again resulting in over fulling.
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