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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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Does it do it all the time? ie. when it is both cold and hot?
Old May 24, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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Does it do it all the time? ie. when it is both cold and hot?
yes when I was at the stop light it was hot ... now its cold and still doing it...
I just changed the cap & rotor and all the vacuum hoses spark plugs and wires... still doing it idels then goes down to about 200 rpms then back up, then back down then up then down just keeps ideling like that ... starting to pee me off
Old May 24, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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now i'm starting to think eather its the carb or the gas filter is dirty hmm

its wird if I hold the gass to 2000RPM's it dosent do that anymore even if I go over 2000 rpms... it only dose it at idel speed
Old May 24, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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Most likely you have a fuel filter stopped up.
Old May 24, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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take the hose off the end off the booster andput your finger over the hole see if it stops surging
Old May 25, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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I have a way of finding vacuum leaks....it works best to find leaks on the intake and fittings.
Start the engine, get a can of WD-40
Spray the WD-40 on the gasket seams, and fittings...if one is leaking the engine will smoothe out when the WD-40 meets the leak.
Old May 25, 2007 | 12:23 AM
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take the hose off the end off the booster andput your finger over the hole see if it stops surging
whats a booster? and surging?
Old May 25, 2007 | 02:09 AM
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I think the problem is in the idle screws.When they are not feeding equally on both sides this will happen.Adjust them by turning them in to where they are tight,count how many turns it is.It should be around 2 full turns out each side.Im betting there is a difference in the amount of turns you find.
Old May 25, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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I think the problem is in the idle screws.When they are not feeding equally on both sides this will happen.Adjust them by turning them in to where they are tight,count how many turns it is.It should be around 2 full turns out each side.Im betting there is a difference in the amount of turns you find.
ok i'll try
Old May 25, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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Either the needle has a piece of trash on it in the carb or the float is sinking. Just my .02



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