# What causes an engine to run lean

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [April 20, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-causes-an-engine-to-run-lean/189422 "2007-04-20T22:53:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-causes-an-engine-to-run-lean/189422/18 "2007-04-24T05:06:24Z")

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> [@Forums : Retrieving one stolen car at a time.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forums-retrieving-one-stolen-car-at-a-time/29668/10):
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> :rant:Quit being a drama KING:scared: . You are acting like your car is about to blow up when it just sounds like it needs a lil tlc .

^corrected…and i’m pretty sure it was about to blow up…pulled the dipstick same day…BONE DRY…i’m asking myself wtf…oil changed somewhere shy of 2000 miles ago and this car doesn’t burn oil(that i know of)…dropped a quart in and it registered on the stick…f’in neons

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