Bad Idle and no cause in sight!!!

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Jul 1, 2004 | 01:33 AM
  #1  
Ok so my car runs bad at idle and has a slight misfire at mid rpms. Ive checked EVERYTHING i could possible think of: Timing, injectors, fuel pressure, evap system, pvc, spark plugs, dist cap......is there ANYTHING else im missing?
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Jul 1, 2004 | 01:36 AM
  #2  
ECM (computer) ?
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Jul 1, 2004 | 02:18 AM
  #3  
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Are you getting any codes?
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Jul 1, 2004 | 02:21 AM
  #4  
no, no codes

do computers just go bad out of the blue? Or by jump starting it? This all seemed to maybe have started when i jumped it.
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Jul 15, 2004 | 06:59 PM
  #5  
ANYBODY???
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Jul 15, 2004 | 07:32 PM
  #6  
Uh.. my pet pive the EGR...
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Jul 20, 2004 | 03:49 PM
  #7  
What????
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Jul 20, 2004 | 04:16 PM
  #8  
iac?
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Jul 20, 2004 | 04:38 PM
  #9  
A LEAK FROM YOUR POWER BOOSTER COULD CAUSE IT CHECK THE HOSE AND WERE IT PLUGS INTO THE BOOSTER.
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Jul 20, 2004 | 05:17 PM
  #10  
Quote:
Originally posted by 3.1RS
What????
the EGR could be sticking and not closing when it should be. The excess vacuum it creates by staying open wreaks havoc on the timing.

A simple test is to get the engine dead cold and remove the plug. Drive around, and if the problem goes away, you got the culprit.
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Jul 20, 2004 | 05:18 PM
  #11  
Quote:
Originally posted by FAST RS
A LEAK FROM YOUR POWER BOOSTER COULD CAUSE IT CHECK THE HOSE AND WERE IT PLUGS INTO THE BOOSTER.
However, that would only be when appling breaks. And when if that diaphram goes out the engine bay is flooded with the hiss of the leak.
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Jul 20, 2004 | 11:57 PM
  #12  
what about a MAF? didn't see it in your list. mine had a miss in mid RPM's as a result of a bad MAF, it actually has a minor and occasional miss right now in mid RPM , and is a little sluggish off the line (closed loop operation) and i'm thinking it's related to the bad O2 sensor it has right now...another possibility.
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Jul 21, 2004 | 12:39 AM
  #13  
3.1'are MAPS's not MAF.
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Jul 21, 2004 | 07:25 AM
  #14  
Fast, i'm in my on lala world....didn't even notice the year or engine. happens to the best of us, i hope.
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Jul 21, 2004 | 10:35 AM
  #15  
Quote:
Originally posted by V6sucker
the EGR could be sticking and not closing when it should be. The excess vacuum it creates by staying open wreaks havoc on the timing.

A simple test is to get the engine dead cold and remove the plug. Drive around, and if the problem goes away, you got the culprit.
The EGR staying open creates excess vacuum and leans out the AFR.
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