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Old Mar 16, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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right now my air fuel ratio is set to around 12.8 at idle..so today i was jump startin some guys truck and i let my truck idle for a quite a while and then it started backfiring really bad when i drove off..so i get back to work and pull some plugs and they are really black..so i put in a new set and later on today i was doing a lot of idle tuning since i gotta new iac motor and got every thing done and went and drove off and it started crapping out pretty bad again..think my plugs are fouled??
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Old Mar 16, 2007 | 05:39 PM
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Mine idles between 14.5 and 15.2 when warm, On a cold start it will be at about 12.8-13.5 until it warms a little.

Lean it out a bit and clean up the plugs.
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 06:17 PM
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Mine idles at 14.6-14.7 when warm and 13.5-14. when cold. I would lean your idle a decent amount. Thats too much fuel for idle.
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 06:20 PM
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the only reason why i set it that low and that it would idle great and in and out of gear was good..but ill lean it out to 13.5 or so
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