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Old 11-27-2005, 09:29 PM
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Re: car is surging at idle

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Originally Posted by slingshot37091
well,when it idles at times it idles real low(about 1000 rpm)but the problem is it surges at times.it'll idle up and down in park and in gear.i checked alternator.the car runs out great though,all power on road just surges and sometimes misses at idle and was dieing out at idle,can't figure it out.is it in the charging system or throttle body or what?
I have experienced the same problem in a 2003 with a 4.6 liter motor. It has happened to me twice and my wife a couple of times too. I never did determine the root cause and it hasn't happend over the past year. The one common denominator was that the truck was cold. My theory was that the computer was transitioning from a cold start mode to a normal temp mode but I'm no expert.
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