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when the car idles say parked in the garage or and a set of lights it misses and idles at 500rpm and then drops to 400rpm then bounces back up to 500rpm. and it smells like its running rich. it does this every so often through a drive but never stalls. car is a 94 tt auto. any help would be great cheers.

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when the car idles say parked in the garage or and a set of lights it misses and idles at 500rpm and then drops to 400rpm then bounces back up to 500rpm. and it smells like its running rich. it does this every so often through a drive but never stalls. car is a 94 tt auto. any help would be great cheers.

 

As an intermittent problem, this is very common and even considered somewhat normal. I have suspected it might be caused by colder plugs used for BPU, but I'm not very technical and that might just not be right at all. I just turn on the A/C which raises the idle by ~200rpm.

 

It doesn't happen too frequently though. Does your car do it all the time?

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yea ever since i gave it a basic service e.g. Fuel/oil/air filters, oil change, and plugs (iridiums) its been doing it, i tryed the A/C and it still does it.

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Well, the A/C doesn't fix the problem, but surely the revs raise enough to stop the car vibrating whilst the compressor is on? I know it's not a proper fix, and the compressor kicks in/out so it only half masks the problem, but it does help.

 

Like I said mine (J-spec) does it very infrequently, but my other car (export spec) did it too.

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tryed changing the plugs back still no good. i give up this is my first tt supra and its going to be my last. thought these cars were great.

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sorry just been working on for agers and havnt really gotten anywhere , they are still my fav car. just not this 1 at the moment lol

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tryed changing the plugs back still no good. i give up this is my first tt supra and its going to be my last. thought these cars were great.

 

:rlol:

You give up pretty easily mate. I never knew Aussie were such quitters. No wonder they're so shit at rugby.

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i think rugby is shit too..

 

You would now :)

 

so any suggestions?

 

Probably best to go back to basics. Start with more time on the training field. A more disciplined back row and better kicking would help a lot too.

 

HTH.

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i wouldnt know the first thong about rugby mate 'Hate it". just like u poms dont know anythink about cricket.

 

and that link was great cheers

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