200ci66
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Details of my car are down below. Lately, my car has been idleing very rough and wants to die (especially when cold, but will once in a while die out of nowhere while hot). I've played with the timing have I have it set comfortably at 14* btdc which is two degrees more advanced than recommended. Finally, I have played around with the carb, but I can't find a comfortable idle. Either my car is idling way too fast, or it idles too low and wants to die (and it does this around the recommended rpm of around 550-600 in drive). In order to get my car to idle smoother and die less often (still dies) I have to get the idle up there around 700 in gear, but this is way too fast of an idle to live with because it shifts into reverse EXTREMELY hard and even sounds like it's idling too fast in park.
Something else I'll add - whenever it dies, I just hit in neutral and flip the key and it starts right up. It's almost become habit. Also, it only dies when rpms are dropping - such as when I am slowing down to turn onto a side street or coming to an extremely sudden stop (yellow stoplights).
I suspect a vacuum leak, but don't even know where to begin looking for one. Does anyone have any opinions on what this sounds like to them?
Something else I'll add - whenever it dies, I just hit in neutral and flip the key and it starts right up. It's almost become habit. Also, it only dies when rpms are dropping - such as when I am slowing down to turn onto a side street or coming to an extremely sudden stop (yellow stoplights).
I suspect a vacuum leak, but don't even know where to begin looking for one. Does anyone have any opinions on what this sounds like to them?