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Old 08-01-2011, 10:34 PM
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What are probable causes of a stumbling engine?
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Old 08-01-2011, 10:53 PM
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What are probable causes of a stumbling engine?
Forgive me I'm a noob still...but stumbling, I've never heard that before ..details? Lol

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Old 08-01-2011, 11:06 PM
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Sorry, Its hard to explain, Ive never had this type of issue. uhhh, i cant really explain it...sorry
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are you talking about acceleration stumble? or something different? iv never heard of that but i have of acceleration stumble
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idle stumbling. like as soon as i start up my xj
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idle stumbling. like as soon as i start up my xj
three things that you can do to try and fix it from what i understand is
clean throttle body and idle air control
tune up fresh plugs, wires, cap, rotor
possibly check the throttle position sensor
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three things that you can do to try and fix it from what i understand is
clean throttle body and idle air control
tune up fresh plugs, wires, cap, rotor
possibly check the throttle position sensor
OKee dokee thanks
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Don't forget dirty injectors. Pretty common cause when they get old.
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Don't forget dirty injectors. Pretty common cause when they get old.
My dad also said that could be a cause lol
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Mine was doing that so I threw in a set of 5.0 injectors ui rebuilt. Bow its nice and snappy.
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