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Old 12-05-2003, 05:57 PM
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Irregular idle...possible missing

At cruising speeds when the clutch is pushed in, and rpms are allowed to fall down to around 1000 rpms, my 8 tends to fall to about 100-200 rpms and begins to idle irregularly. Once she even died on me.

Does anyone have ideas to what may be causing this?
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No, but it's not normal. Take it to the dealer..

In my experience the idle should not fall below 800rpm (when warmed up).
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Just out of curiosity, why are you leavin the clutch in?

I know when I come to a light and I'm already slowing down I sometimes put it into neutral and coast the rest of the way, during these times my idle has never dropped below 800. Mine, for some reason stays around 1000 until I stop completely, then drops to around 800.
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my 8 tends to fall to about 100-200 rpms and begins to idle irregularly. Once she even died on me.
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So tell me, did you pop the clutch at cruising speeds to start it again? No problems?
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Yeah, sounds potentially serious to me. I'd get that fixed before it gets worse and strands you somewhere.

Mine sounds like it misfires every 3-5 seconds at warm idle, but never enough to visibly drop the tach or kill the engine.

Please let us know how this turns out.
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