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help what is wrong with my car

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jake91

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okay well its my dads car, but anyways what could be wrong. the car is a 98 gt and it wont run. it starts and dies after a couple seconds unless you give it gas, but then it dies once you let off, and it smell like its running rich.
 
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maybe a plug?
 

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sound like you have a really bad vaccum leak or you mass air sensor is bad>
 
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Throwing codes? Dirty IAC valve, or as jeremy said. MAF sensor down.

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Bad idle air control motor. Buy a new one.
 
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i will let my dad know these things when he gets off work. also i dont know if it matters but the car only has 58k miles
 
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I'd agree, It sounds like the MAF, i had a similar issue when i started my stang for the first time after rebuild. I forgot to secure the MAF and it separated from the cold air intake tubing causing the car to start and stall.
 
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okay an update. its kind of odd though. my dad started the car today and held the gas to keep it running, and after around 7 minutes he herd a pop from the engine, and the car started running normal
 

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I still say IAC. Mine did the same thing.
 
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Could be both I would spray out the MAS with some meter cleaner and see if that does it; if not, take her in to get the IAC looked at. They can also check the lines and make sure you don't have a leak somewhere.
 
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