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Re: My wobbly idle (archive)
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Posted by John Gilson on March 30, 2000 at 18:16:12:

In Reply to: My wobbly idle posted by Trav on March 26, 2000 at 20:57:51:

Let me tell you my story. When I bought my car it had a very wobbly idle when first started up. I then had the fuel distributer and injectors replaced. That helped a lot but the problem persisted. My mechanic then suggested getting rid of the vacuum advance distributer so I replaced it with a Tii mechanical advance one. I highly recommend doing this. It makes the car more responsive. Then I tracked down a vacuum leak. Now I am close but when hot the car will stall out. Everything else is fine. Based on advice from this board I am going to change my pressure regulator and fuel filter this weekend. I will tell you how it goes. My advice, based on experience and reading a lot of forums is that the hot stall is from lack of fuel and the wobbly idle is from vacuum leaks. Keep looking for one. Good luck.

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