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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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sputtering idle?

I was wondering why my car sputtered at idle. Its not violent but you can feel the car shaking! What could this be

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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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Need a little more info for people to help. How often is it? have you done any mods recently?
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkCobalt13
Need a little more info for people to help. How often is it? have you done any mods recently?
I mean it doesnt do it ALL the time but it does it often at random times. And nope no mods recently done
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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What's it idling at? If it's too low it will sputter.
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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its idles normal at 800 give or take. It doesnt sputter like its missing. It vibrates. Its like a hesitation type thing its hard to explain. I was thinking maybe it was my spark plugs, but i swapped em to a step colder and its still doing that same thing
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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try cleaning the throttle body, it gets pretty gummed up
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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spray some cleaner into it?
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 07touringcoupe
spray some cleaner into it?
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ight=idle+cure

it's not hard to remove, just four bolts and an electrical connection (which you really don't have to disconnect)

then soak a rag with the cleaner and wipe all the gunk off and put it back on.... takes 10 minutes tops.
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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O ok and what's it called" throttle body cleaner?
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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yup.... don't get carbeurator cleaner by mistake
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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it wipes right off without cleaner too.. but my car does the same thing.. im assuming its normal-ish lol otherwise just check for any vac leaks.
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Old Aug 13, 2009 | 02:58 PM
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I mean do vac leaks just happen?
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