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Question posted by kristb5909 on July 10th, 2013

Missing Running Rough

My "01" firebird has a miss or hesitation at certain rpms I had a shop look at it and could not diagnos the problem. Tried higher octane gas and additives to tank but it won't go away. Seems worse at lower rpm and gets really bad when it gets hotter.

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