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Old 07-25-2009
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need help

My truck don't wanna stay Idlized, What to do?
 
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uhhhhhhh elaborate. WTF is idlized?
 
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It don't wanna stay running. It wants to cut off.
 
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do you mean idling not idlizing?
 
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Check your vacuum lines
 
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do you mean idling not idlizing?
It doesn't want to stay Idle.
 
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My truck will crank and it will idle it just won't stay Idle. any ideas?
 
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you might have some gunk or something in your fuel or injectors. you could try using "gumout" or some kind of injector cleaner. other than that it you could check your spark plugs and make sure your getting a spark from them all and your cables are fully connected
 
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yeah I mean it wouldn't start friday then I got it to start saturday. now it won't stay Idle. I'm pretty sure it ain't the wires or spark plugs. It did skip a couple of times when I got it started at first.
 
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You can check your idle air control motor.
 
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check your gas tank for gremlins...
 
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