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Old 13 Jun 2007, 08:26 pm
mjb457 mjb457 is offline
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Default Miss at idle when starting cold??

My PT has new wires & plugs,,, miss at idle intermited?? Also has stalled after sitting for 10 minutes when starting up after driving for awhile..than runs fine??? no codes thrown at all?? Mechanic thinks maybe one of the oxygen sensors is weak?? Any thoughts??? thanks MJB
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Old 14 Jun 2007, 09:46 am
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Default Re: Miss at idle when starting cold??

What did you gap plugs at? A TSB said 0.040, many feel even tighter for turbo.
Make sure the wires are seated - I know it was hard to get the new wires to "click" - particularly on the distributor end.
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