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2004 Monte seems to choke out at idle


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awmacy
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Apr 8, 2011, 9:02 AM

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2004 Monte seems to choke out at idle Sign In

At ideal the tach begins to jump up and down and when start to accellerate it doesn't want to go but pumping gas will eventually go ...no problem except at idle...180,000 miles with the small 6 engine Help please!


Hammer Time
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Apr 8, 2011, 9:09 AM

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Re: 2004 Monte seems to choke out at idle Sign In

That sounds an awful lot like a bad Mass Air Flow sensor. You can try starting it with the sensor unplugged and see if it runs better although this will put the check engine light on and you will subsequently have to clear that code.



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Mr.scotty
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Apr 13, 2011, 12:48 PM

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Re: 2004 Monte seems to choke out at idle Sign In

Do you think if he cleaned it it will work?
I thought it would have the CEL on if the sensor was bad though.
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Apr 13, 2011, 1:00 PM

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Re: 2004 Monte seems to choke out at idle Sign In

No and no.

Cleaning may help when you're just getting lean codes but this would be more serious and it will only set a code sometimes with conditions like this but unplugging it will usually answer the question.



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Mr.scotty
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Apr 13, 2011, 5:13 PM

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Re: 2004 Monte seems to choke out at idle Sign In

Ok got ya.
I just like to know these things for the future.
Thank you.
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