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Rough idle

Old Apr 1, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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Rough idle

My car has a really rough idle. It goes back and forth between about 500 and 800 sometimes lower almost to the point of dieing. Could new plugs/wires maybe help this?

Also, at high RPM's, about 4K, the engine sounds like it's trying to cut out. I'm replacing my fuel pump soon and I was wondering if that would help this.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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Re: Rough idle

First of all it might help to list anything you have checked, if any. I would check plugs/wires first, then check the fuel, it may just be a filter clogged. Thats not uncommon. Is this a daily driver or has it been sitting?
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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Re: Rough idle

It's a daily driver. I haven't really checked anything, I'm not too mechanically inclined. I changed the fuel filter a few months ago.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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Re: Rough idle

im also having this problem but my cars been siting and before i parked it i pumped cheap gas i think it had water, and it went to the injectors and corroded it insise i already changed the filter does this make sense or could something else be the problem
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Old Apr 6, 2007 | 07:09 AM
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Re: Rough idle

Is it a TPI-? Replace both MAF Relays, I had the same problem


https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/atta...n-z-relays.jpg
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