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Old 11-25-2002, 01:54 AM
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Low idle, somtimes stalls

I just rebuilt the motor and now the idle seems pretty low (damn tach doesn't work so I can't tell you exactly), but it almost sounds like a miss but I'm not sure. If I rev it a bit and let it go back down on its own it'll stall. It'll somtimes stall just idling, but it actually seems like thats getting better. It's fine with a little gas, but once you let off it goes pretty low and stalls. Any ideas? It's an 85 MAF car.
Old 11-25-2002, 12:38 PM
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Uroc n roll,

You'll really need to get a handheld tach to check the RPM, then set minimum air position. Until you know the actualy RPM, it's all a guess as to what the problem might be. You can pick up a low-end tach that will be adequate for about twenty bucks, or check the garage sale items at Actron. They have an analog tach on sale for $12.00:

http://www.actron.com/cgi-bin/web_st...=4495849_12503
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