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Question posted by candybear777 on March 8th, 2015

Car Stalls And Sputters. Idles Low And Rough Then Stalls Out. Fuel System Proble

after car is started, it idles low and hesitates and if not given more gas, it will stall out and is hard to restart due to backfiring. fuel does not seem to be injected regularly for car to run and perform normal operation. car will run and drive smoothly for periods of time then out of nowhere, begins to bog out, sputter, hesitate and backfire causing car to stall if not given forced gas to keep car from stalling at idle speed the problem will mysteriously disappear and car will again run smoothly but only for a short period of time before hesitating, running rough and threatening to stall out again.

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on March 8th, 2015 2:52 PM

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To many possibilities, fuel pressure head gaslet, etc. You will need to take it to a shop that has a reader for the obd 1.5 diagnostic system.

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