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So I replaced the valve cover gaskets.... mine were leaking oil & I fixed my rough idle.

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Old 11-24-2003, 09:38 AM
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Default So I replaced the valve cover gaskets.... mine were leaking oil & I fixed my rough idle.

I replaced a lil bit of vacuum hose, doubt it was that tho.... I also added a couple more ground connections to the chassis from the engine.... miraculously my car idles smoothly now... imagine that???

Gotta go reset my ecu and see if the car still thinks it has a vacuum leak.
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What others points did you ground to/from? Just wonderin'.
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Default I grounded it to the firewall there were a couple extra holes in it and I just bolted the grounds

up to the chassis on the firewall.
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