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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:25 pm 
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i recently got an el xr6 - picked up pretty cheap coz i found a few probs with it while looking at it - and it actually goes really well considering the past owner treated it like s**t and the fact that i paid 7K 4 it.

any way it starts fine goes really well but has a really rough idle, almost like it has a vacuum leak some where... but it only does this when the car is warm.

i read a post that some1 had the same dramas but couldnt resolve it, jus wondering if ne1 has ne ideas

 

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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:42 pm 
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Hi There,

Check the vaccume tree at the rear of the manifold and also the one under the throttle body.
Ive found with my el if I disconnect a vaccume hose the engine will idle high.
If all your hoses are good give it a service.
New Plugs, Leads, Dist Cap and Rotor and if its a old car change the ignition coil they start to die strangly and a HEGO (02) Sensor.

If its still running rough give it a stone cold compression test. Then drive it untill it runs rough then compression test it again.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:41 pm 
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ive had mine serviced quite a few times since getting mine, his new sparkies (iridiums) and new 02 sensor, but it still has a little gitter to it, i think the engines are just like that...

 

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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:37 pm 
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sounds simple enough... how much would a new dist cap, rotor and O2 sensor cost me roughly???

im getting a new exhaust system - the works extractors, cat, new piping etc - next week, u think that would help at all???

 

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'91' EB GL Custom cold air intake with K&N pod filter

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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:08 am 
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02 sensor, once again depends where u get it from, but its about $80 new from bosch retailer.

and the exhaust will help it breathe a lot better there is no doubt, but as far as idle goes i'd say it wont have a big impact on it.

 

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