Another TBI running rich

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The latest log, the engine was a little warm, 85 or so I think it said.

I was rotating the TPS itself.
 

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Looking at your latest log, you start with your IAC around 150 steps which is pretty far open, and your TPS voltage at 0.235V which means the throttle blades are very far if not completely closed. Just to rule this out, when you adjusted the TPS voltage, you were physically moving the TPS around to change the voltage, and not using the throttle plate adjusting screw to change the TPS voltage? As long as the TPS voltage is less than 1.0V at key on and more than 4.50V at WOT, your PCM shouldn't really care what the voltage is. It just sets 0%TPS to whatever the voltage is at key on.

That is not correct, 0.235 does not mean that the throttle plates are very far closed.If you do not adjust the throttle plates you can still change the TPS voltage.
 

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The latest log, the engine was a little warm, 85 or so I think it said.

I was rotating the TPS itself.

Thanks for confirming that. You said you've done the IAC min air adjustment several times, but have you tried just adjusting the throttle plates so that you get around 15 steps on the IAC at idle? It's something easy to try, and it's free.
 

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Have you checked the stock pressure regulator for leaking raw fuel into the throttle bore(s)? I ran into that once upon a time, Standard Motor Products used to market a reseal kit for the regulator which caused me to think that it wasn't an isolated case.
 

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Thanks for confirming that. You said you've done the IAC min air adjustment several times, but have you tried just adjusting the throttle plates so that you get around 15 steps on the IAC at idle? It's something easy to try, and it's free.

That would be with the IAC fully extended and unplugged?

Have you checked the stock pressure regulator for leaking raw fuel into the throttle bore(s)? I ran into that once upon a time, Standard Motor Products used to market a reseal kit for the regulator which caused me to think that it wasn't an isolated case.

TBI has been rebuilt, including regulator. Again, its only for 45 seconds so I feel that would be a constant issue.
 

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That would be with the IAC fully extended and unplugged?

No, ignore the IAC min air adjustment for now. Start your truck, let it warm up until it has a stable idle. Use whatever tool you've been using to datalog to monitor the IAC Steps. With the engine running, slowly adjust the the throttle plate until the IAC steps come down. You're at 2500' so you may need more than 15 to get a stable idle, but your latest log shows you at 93 when the idle finally settles down. It doesn't need to be that high. If it doesn't change anything, put it back where it was, and you're only out a few minutes of your time.
 

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Another thought; what if this long block was bored .030 over. Would that matter? I don't know that it is but someone asked me today.

I would think it would lean out then
 
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