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The needle is going back and forth and car seems to wants to shut off.

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Specifically what Needle is going back and forth? You need to be more specificfor anyone to understand what your difficulty is. Are you speaking of the Tachometer? Speedometer? Oil Pressure Gauge? Ammeter or Voltmeter? Temperature Gauge?

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