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Posted on Feb 26, 2010

My 2000 bonneville idles rough. 3.8 liter. it even

My 2000 bonneville is missing when it idles. 3.8 liter. it even runs a little rough at first acceleration but still has good acceleration. 170k miles

  • Ralph Koozer Apr 29, 2014

    Check the plug gaps and make sure they are not to much gap. This causes to high voltage at the coil packs and can ruin them in this application and similar engines in other GM brands.

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Mine did this at one time, and it was only a bad plug wire. Give it a tune up and see if it works. 170k miles is awesome, I have 145k now and it runs great, but had to have ac replaced this week :( Good Luck!!

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