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For all you with a "rough idle"

I have had a rough idle for the last 1-2 months.  When I say rough I
mean that the idle fluctuated +-100rpm at idle, whether the engine was
warm or not.  In the middle of this I changed to Garrett ver.11, this
did not help.

I was not worried about it becuase it did not bother me, it wasn't such
a big deal.

Well, last weekend I decided to take a look at the filter and see how it
looked.  I took out the pre-screen and at least 50% of the surface area
was blocked.  I decided I would just remove it.  I know, I know you all
are saying I should have done this at the beginning, but I am very
careful about what I do.

So, I removed the screen and the rough idle is now gone.  Plus, the
throttle is just a bit smoother.  Please, I did not gain 2 hp with this,
it is just smoother.

If any of you have a "rough idle" please check the pre-screen before
anything else.  I bet this is the cause of most people's problems.

Have a nice day-
Jed

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It is a 1997 and it has 25,000 miles.  I had not checked the air filter
or the screen for about 10,000 though.  Hope that helps.

Thanks-
Jed

Andy Nguyen wrote:
>
> Jonathan Hottenstein wrote:
> > For all you with a "rough idle"
> [...]
>
>   Jonathan,
>
>   Thanks for posting that info.  I would like to add it to the
>   library, but I need a bit more info.  What year is this car
>   (that had the rough idle), and how many miles does it have?
>   Thanks.
>
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