Rough idle on cold start. 98 Deville
dhspring
04-07-2008, 09:18 AM
Can anyone tell me why my 98 Deville, 4.6L Northstar runs rough on cold start, it does this for a couple minutes until it gets warmed up then evens out and idles okay. I have 125,000 miles, recently changed, plugs, wires, EGR valve, fuel and air filters. There are no engine lights on. It almost seems like a plug or plugwire misfire and runs pretty rough, until it warms up. This just started happening, hope someone has a suggestion, thanks.
maxwedge
04-07-2008, 11:20 AM
Look inside the vacuum hose at the FP regulator for signs of raw fuel., they are known to leak and this is one of the symptoms.
dhspring
04-08-2008, 01:14 PM
Maxwedge:
Thanks for the tip, I checked the vacuum hose to the fuel pressure regulator, no raw fuel, but whatever it did it seemed to fix the problem, the regulator was replaced about 2 years ago. Thanks so much, I think that fixed the issue!
Thanks for the tip, I checked the vacuum hose to the fuel pressure regulator, no raw fuel, but whatever it did it seemed to fix the problem, the regulator was replaced about 2 years ago. Thanks so much, I think that fixed the issue!
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