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Re: Rough Idle
It is common for the idle to need to be increased in winter...
If you have a Dwell-Tachometer, or can get one from a friend, you can find
out how fast the car idles.
Mine idles around 1,000 rpm - a bit high, but no worries.....
If yours idles at 500 or so, it will be rough.
If you plan to keep this Metro, consider buying a Chilton or Haynes Manual.
It has pictures....worth a thousand words here. $20 at Schucks or NAPA or most
Automotive Parts Stores.
A Metro with that many miles may, indeed, have burned valves -
BUT - for all you know, the engine may have been overhauled before you
aquired the car!
Do you know ANY of the history of your Metro ?
The older Geo Metro 3 cylinder cars are FUN to work on!
Everything is so small and light weight, some call them TOY cars...
I enjoyed working on mine - I was afraid at first, but EVERYTHING worked out fine!
I learned a Butt-Load about engines, bearings, fuel tanks, dashboards, injectors,
ECM's, Batteries - you name it!
My next BIG PROJECT may be the manual transmission and clutch in a while...
DoctorBill
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