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Originally Posted by zebra
glad y'all're alive! Izzy also says hi & merry Christmas.
sorry to hear about the car - sucks bad enough when you stall out a manual but an auto... i wouldn't wanna be in your baby shoes
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Originally Posted by Scott@Bjorn3D
Sounds like you do need to raise the idle. Wondering if fuel line/filter issue possible. Have you Seafoamed the car lately. I would run a can or 2 thru the gas tank and see if it gets better. You also went many miles without a catch can so the Seafoam could help carboned valves if that is causing the problem
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Not a fuel issue. Pressure and delivery is normal.
I've already seafoamed the tank. Long time ago.
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Originally Posted by GTAHVIT
Maggie says, no seafoam... apparently it eats to coating off the rotors.  |
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Originally Posted by zebra
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Yup. But I doubt it is unburned long enough to make much of a difference in the short term.
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Originally Posted by Redemption
A "new" car, there's no way the valves are so messed up that the damn thing won't run. I've seen 30 year old engines that had 2 inches of sludge on top of the valves run like a top.
Bad sensor, bad tune, horrible vacuum leak. Operator error!?  |
I've run smoke tests, propane and carb cleaner tests. Soap tests and everything.
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Originally Posted by ssmike
My money is on a vacuum leak! It's gonna end up being something simple....I hope! Good luck with it!
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I have no doubt it will be something simple. But I also think it may be in the tune.
When I start it on a cold morning it sounds like TOTAL shit and sputters for a few seconds.