need help!

mlitz69 · 04-09-2009, 03:57 PM

86 mustang with carb not runing right idle jumps between 1000-300 and has the shakes just rebuilt carb and same thing any ideas

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sleeper_inc · 04-10-2009, 02:34 AM

Did it idle like this before the carb rebuild?

Anyways it could be from a vacuum leak, bad carb rebuild or the carb needs to be tuned

mlitz69 · 04-10-2009, 10:52 AM

ya was like that before the guy i got it from ran the crap out of it had to replace head gasket and timing belt

mlitz69 · 04-10-2009, 11:04 AM

also runs fine when goin down the road

sleeper_inc · 04-10-2009, 12:29 PM

Bad choke, vacuum leak, bad carb rebuild, bad timing (10* with vacuum advance off) bad cam timing?