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Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:01 pm
PO171 is a system lean code. I once had that code on a Ford Escort when the 02 sensor was bad but a common cause of PO171 is a vacuum leak where un-metered air is getting into the system and causes a the ECU to throw a lean code. Has your fuel mileage been worse lately? Often when it throws that code the ECU will dump extra gas trying to overcome the lean condition. I've got the same code on one of my cars now and I'm pretty sure it's a vacuum leak because the engine will occasionally stall. When the weather clears up I've got to try to hunt down a the vacuum leak. My fuel mileage on that car is down about 2-3MPG.