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Old May 25, 2013 | 01:23 PM
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idles rough,dies
I have a 83 5.8l .It runs good when I accelerate but wants to surge and die at idle.Could be old/water in gas?
 
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vaccum leak maybe?
 
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What's the story in this thing? You just drug it out of the field and it won't run right or it's your daily driver and it suddenly started doing this?
 
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