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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 05:10 PM
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car idles like kaka

im asuming its the TPS but just to make sure im gonna see what you guys think. well it ildes fine for a while but when it gets really wamred up it starts to idle really lumpy likes it has a miss or something, anybody know?
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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 05:16 PM
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flux capacitor or muffler bearings.
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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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SOB.. better get me some of those, ok but seriously. there are such things as muffler bearings tho so... that joke doesnt really work
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Old Jan 2, 2005 | 06:11 PM
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mazda 929 has muffler bearings
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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 01:30 AM
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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 01:40 AM
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if you have verified in fact that the timing is set correctly, and it does in fact idle smoothly prior to warm up, then becomes eratic, its the tps sensor.
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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 01:41 AM
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by the way, wtf is a muffler bearing in a rx7 ? LOL
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Old Jan 3, 2005 | 01:55 AM
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no there arent any, in the rx7, I know the 929 has them, and the JC cosmo has them too I believe
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