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Question posted by Anonymous-72877 on September 1st, 2012

Eng Run Ok For 5 Min Then Rpms Go 0 Engine Runs Chug For 3 More & Dies

Red dash lite starts blinking when rpm go to zero, chugs and backfires but still run

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