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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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my car is idling really shitty.... i know its cold out but i think i could just adjust the idle on the carb.. if only i knew how to do it.. can some one telll me
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Well first off what year do you have? Auto or manual transmission? How exactly is it idling shitty?
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 01:04 AM
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Colder weather shouldn't change the way the engine idles unless there's something wrong. Have you done any recent work, when's the last time you did a tune up, ran Seafoam through the fuel system, changed the fuel filter, etc..

In my sig is a link to the carb manual, that will show you what you probably don't need to adjust at this point.
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Old Nov 7, 2008 | 08:36 AM
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if im at a stop light and its in neutral... if i leave my foot on the clutch pedal it will idle fine... but if i let go it will die most of the time.
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