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Idling fine and then.....

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91TalonTSiCT

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Sep 24, 2002
Southbury, Connecticut
Well I got my car started after doing an engine swap and it was idling fine for about 5 minutes-oil pressure good, A/F starting to warm up and then the engine starts to stumble and the A/F starts to back down way lean. I have an auto tranny 1g with 14b, 450s, MT cams, and EPROM ecu. Could it be bad fuel or O2 or something else?
 
if its starting after your car is already warm it could be a leak. i had the same problem. it would idle fine at 1500 - 2k while cool then it would warm up and idle around 800 and it would start bouncing between 1500 and 400 and would eventually die, i did pressure test and found a leak in my hose that connects to the wg, was a little slit that only let air out under higher pressure and i didnt even find it until was went through all my hoses and rolled them around to see if they were cracked. well this one was. i cut the piece out and reconnected and it idles like a dream now. it solved my problem of running rich occaisonally as well. thats the first step i would try before dropping money anywhere else.
 
I should have mentioned before that Im using the Taboo vac setup, but I am getting a lean reading from my a/f when the car heats up. Any reason why this could be? :confused:
 
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