Q: engine dies after starting
Sometimes when I start up my hummer it wants to die or stop running. It does this about one out of ten times and you can smell gas like it's flooding the engine. It will idle normally after you step on the accelerator to keep it running before it will die. The temperature outside doesn't make any difference in this problem. It does the same thing no matter what. Do you have any suggestions?
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