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diagnosis, please 200 1984

posted by  someone claiming to be Larry Gray on  Sun Jun 3 16:20 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hi all,

something is up with my idle. when I sit at a stop light, the idle drifts slowly down then spikes up suddenly.

Idle starts at 1200 rpm, then drifts down to around 800, then spikes up to 1400 or so. What causes this?

I recently changed the plugs and cap/rotor, and I'm not pleased with the Bosh platium plug performance. I gapped them myself, but my performance has been crappy.

Next weekend, I'm planning to replace the timing belt and the leaking front camshaft seal, so I may have the additional energy to address this idling problem.

Do you all think replacing the plugs will make a difference. I don't think my car runs hot enough for platimum plugs. Thanks for your advice,

Larry





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