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90 5.0 bouncing idle and stalling.Please help!

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  • Start date Start date Apr 4, 2006

MarkStang1

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Ok this not my car but my cousings vehicle. Hes having alot of problems with his car. He does not have access to the net right now so i figured i would try to help him out.

Ok his car is a 90 gt. He says the car will start most days and run fine then out of the blue the idle will dance up and down and he says he can keep his foot on the gas to keep it running.
Then when it stalls its hard to start. Usually he need to jump it cause his battery sucks i guess. Let it sit for like 10 minutes then will start just fine.

Also he says sometimes he has juice to the distributor but no spark there after. The car is basically stock so... Any help or ideas would be great. Thanks a million.
 

95GTV8

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same as always, TPS, Vac Leaks?
Check the surging idle checklist.
 
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