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Revs surging up and down - not taking throttle and uneven idle sounds like your intake gasket broke, creating a vacuum leak, thus resulting in idle surge and un-even idle.

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1994 Legacy with 97 GTB TT Hunting for idle, surges from 1500rpm to 2000rpm. new air flow meter installed Have you tried checking the trottle position sensor(TPS)

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Cold Start Idle Issue 1990 Legacy; 2.2 L; AWD; not turbo. On cold start, vehicle starts fine, but then immediately dies. Restarts fine, but dies again. Won't idle until engine is warm. I have replaced

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1996 Subaru Legacy No Power At All 1996 Subaru Legacy Automatic. Drove it to a store and as I parked it I felt a small lurch. Came back from the store and didn't get any power when I turned the key. ...

High revs and surges when driving. My '93 Subaru Legacy GT revs to 2000rpm then drops to 1500rpm when the check engine light comes on , even when it's at normal operating temperature. When I drive the

2.5 gt burning rich, when you get above 3ooo rpms it acts like it almost shuts off, surges when idleing just changed crank sensor and idle control senser. was running fine , got up next day cranked it

Question about 1990 Legacy

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hi my subi surges if i gas it fast but if i ease the gas on it picks up sweet as Fuel filter may be cause but more likely your catalytic converters are clogging up on you! Just had them done on my ...

...idle-    Stalling-    Surging-    No/little acceleration, other symptoms may also be presentA code P0122 may mean that one or more of the following has ...

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...idle intermitten problem . start car idel will start surging , when you put it in gear it will sputter and hesitate , it will smooth out at high speed, if you can get it there. shut engine off start ...

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why would the be high idle is high I try to set it between 1 and 1.5 but it'll surge up to 2.5 when stopped Hi Sherri, The links below are YouTube videos showing a solution to why your car idles ...

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