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won't maintain idle 200 1983

posted by  young_gray on  Thu Feb 24 10:05 CST 2005
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Hi All,

My 244 starts beautifully, I've just replaced the plugs & wires, and I've cleaned out the PCV valve (not too gummed up to begin with), however the car still idles unevenly...it will run smoothly for a second, then it acts like it's going to die, then acts like somebody's gunning it & revs back up smoothly, then drops again. I have no idea where to even begin looking...any suggestions?

Also, I noticed this morning when I started it that fresh coolant is sitting on top of the water pump...could this be indicative of a bad pump, or just a bad seal?

Thanks!
Young






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