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Posted on Sep 18, 2011

Rough idol, occasional stall out, running rich smell. Have relaced plugs,#4 coil,oil,filter,air filter. Could it be the injectors? if so, do I clean them or replace them?

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Have you ever cleaned the throttle body? If not, remove, clean and replace the throttle body. Make sure you disconnect the battery for at least 30 min while cleaning the throttle body. This will allow the PCM to reset itself. It will have to re-learn for the first few trips you make, but will adjust to the newly clean throttle body.

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