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Rough idle and ping

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rulesR4suckers

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I need some help guys. I'm new to Mustangs and I'm learning as I go. Here's the deal; my car has a rough idle. On the scale of 1 to 10 I'll give it a 4, so its not to bad. If I listen to the exhaust note at the rear of the car the passenger side sounds choppy, but the driver's side is all fivers. And also, above 2000rpm there's a pinging, don't know if its from bad gas or timing or both. I really started to notice this ping yesterday when I changed out the factory H-pipe. Please help me!!!!
 

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Clean the MAF sensor. Use alcohol and a Q-tip. Be very careful..... they're fragile wires. That may help. Maybe not. I'd try it. I'd also clean the IAT sensor while you're there.
 
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I did some research and found out that I had to reset the computer. I did that and it seam to have worked.
 
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sorry asked a question but a simple search got me my answer.
 

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We will keep the thread around in case it comes back.
Justin had some sound advice if it does.

Good luck.
 
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