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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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Can't afford an AE gauge. No oil in the ICP sensor.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 08:02 PM
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Try to free rev it once its warmed up to 3k or so in neutral and see if it stumbles. That can be a sign of an injector oring maybe letting loose.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Staring issue

Mine did the same thing until it finally stopped starting altogether, but up until then it idled very rough until I gunned it a few times. Found out I had a bad neutral safety switch AND a bad lead on one of the connectors to the left bank (it only takes one of those little male OR female connectors to screw you up inside the main connectors). Once the two items were fixed, it starts and idles just fine.
 
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Old May 17, 2012 | 02:27 AM
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Keep us posted...curious as to what it is as mine has simliar symtoms
 
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Old May 17, 2012 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by nomad221
Batts and starter okay. Fuel pressure at 60psi.

I think it might be the DMF (I believe it is the original, could be wrong, I'm the 3rd owner, 160K) and it has been giving some symptoms of age lately also. Gonna go pull the inspection cover now.
What did you find when you pulled the inspection cover? The dmf needs to be eliminated as a possible cause of your problems. I just reread the posts on this thread and didn't see the results of removing the cover and testing for any looseness in dmf and clutch. I could have missed it though.
 
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