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What is wrong with my car engine. Brown goo in butterfly throttle body and oil breather pipe?

Jul 24, 2011 by KANGAROG | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

Holden Astra 2001. Equipe. Z18XE engine. 1.8L DOHC.
Engine was misfiring one day and then just plain undrivable the next. No power, shuddering in idle and shuddering after switched off. I get fault codes 0100 and 0170. Which mean problem with MAF

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