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Why does'nt it idle?

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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 11:54 AM
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Why does'nt it idle?

my friends 86 gxl does'nt idle it goes to about 1100 and then drops to quit, I'm a 1st gen guy hoping to learn a lot more about 2nd's. and also are the 86 gxl's any good and how much power do they have.
Thanks, Michael
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 12:04 PM
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The obvious one will be.. major vacuum leak?
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 12:49 PM
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i have same problem, vaccum leak is the answer, if you hold the throttle a bit to keep it running you'll hear the vaccum leak
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