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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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I just fixed my headlight gear, and have had my car sitting in my garage for the winter. I started the car and it reved up to about 3500 and slowly went down to 2000-2500 and kept hoping up and down in that range for about 2min before I decided to shut it of because of the noise. I started the car once every two weeks or so and let it run during the winter. What is going on all of a sudden?

I also had to jump start it, if that makes any difference. Never had any problem with that before either.
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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Vacuum Leak
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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Damn. How/Where would I look to fix this?
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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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definatley a vaccum leak, you were by the headlights, maybe something there.
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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So, my battery died. I replaced it and started the car, and it ran normal again. Weird, but I cant complain.
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