dazcoates
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Hi all,
I bought the SSV wagon about a year ago and every since then I'm of the opinion that i have been having a rough idle/running lean issue. It's a 6.0 L77, so when i first got it the idle was smooth then it started to develop a little hiccup every now and then, it just kept getting slowly worse right up to the point 12 months on that yesterday as you pulled up to a set of lights it seems it wants to stall, really bad idle, but in a matter of seconds from being stopped it comes good and idles fine. It's like it's starving for fuel or the spark is breaking down. It doesn't seem catastrophic though, so I'm not panicking. I bought it second hand and have had it back to the dealer early days, nothing wrong with it was the response, I took it to see if it was a previous tune or it needed a tune, they tuned it, still had the intermittent idle issue after but nothing wrong with it I got told again!!?? It has always had the permanent PO240 & PO230 codes and was told it was to do with the tune and addon's. It has a 3" X-Force exhaust, Headers, CAI and it's tuned to use 98, I use Shell. Not sure about the Cats. Another code has come in a little more recently, a PO174 code, yep it's lean on bank 2. It's got 130,000 on it so I replaced the plugs about 6 months ago, made no difference. The only other thing is it runs fine on acceleration so there is no breakdown under load, plenty of power. I will take it back to the tuner/mechanic when I have the cash but........
Anyone got any ideas.
I bought the SSV wagon about a year ago and every since then I'm of the opinion that i have been having a rough idle/running lean issue. It's a 6.0 L77, so when i first got it the idle was smooth then it started to develop a little hiccup every now and then, it just kept getting slowly worse right up to the point 12 months on that yesterday as you pulled up to a set of lights it seems it wants to stall, really bad idle, but in a matter of seconds from being stopped it comes good and idles fine. It's like it's starving for fuel or the spark is breaking down. It doesn't seem catastrophic though, so I'm not panicking. I bought it second hand and have had it back to the dealer early days, nothing wrong with it was the response, I took it to see if it was a previous tune or it needed a tune, they tuned it, still had the intermittent idle issue after but nothing wrong with it I got told again!!?? It has always had the permanent PO240 & PO230 codes and was told it was to do with the tune and addon's. It has a 3" X-Force exhaust, Headers, CAI and it's tuned to use 98, I use Shell. Not sure about the Cats. Another code has come in a little more recently, a PO174 code, yep it's lean on bank 2. It's got 130,000 on it so I replaced the plugs about 6 months ago, made no difference. The only other thing is it runs fine on acceleration so there is no breakdown under load, plenty of power. I will take it back to the tuner/mechanic when I have the cash but........
Anyone got any ideas.