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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Sluggish rev and idle

I'm having a very sluggish rev and idle couldn't pull it up my driveway with out having it revved up to 3k rpms then it started creeping what could be wrong I think I have a vaccume leak but not sure. when I rev it it laggs a little bit but revs up very slow
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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Re: Sluggish rev and idle

Do you have a check engine light on?
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Re: Sluggish rev and idle

Yes after about 5 minutes or less of idle
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Re: Sluggish rev and idle

Well you need to find out what the light is on for.... You can go to autozone.com and find a write up how. All you need is a paperclip or a wire to jump 2 terminals on the service port connector. The SES light will flash you a code.
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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Re: Sluggish rev and idle

Thanks man will jump the terminals anything else that would cause this problem other than engine light any main components I'm pretty sure I have a vac leak because of lopes in the idle
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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Re: Sluggish rev and idle

Well you really need to tell me why the engine light is on! That will tell you/me what part is malfuntioning and I can help you determine what to fix..
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