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rough low idle upon cold start and air filter smells of gasoline
Topic Started: Apr 26 2012, 11:08 AM (538 Views)
dreadheaddavy
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So this problem just started a couple days ago,and seems to happen everytime now.
On a cold start, my car normally would idle up to 1500 rpm automatically until it hit operating temp in a minute then back down around 800
but now it will start up pretty rough at around 800, the car is shaking, and then surges by itself up to around 1500 rpm over a span of like 30 seconds or so. then once I guess it has hit the operating temp,after just a minute or two, the car then idles smooth and drives completely normal as before
I took off my air housing and instantly could smell gas, the air filter reeked of it too
SO thinking because it was just at the limit where it needed an oil change i went ahead and cleaned out the filter housing to get rid of the smell and changed the oil and filter
but still having the same problems

btw its a auto 1992 geo metro lsi convertible
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Woodie
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Get a compression test.
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