Q: Had intake gasket repaired and know 97 astro won't hold idle with mapping plug undone runs fine
Had intake gasket repaired and now it won't hold idle replaced new mappor mass sensor because service engine light said that was the problem still runs bad unplugged runs great
My car has 94000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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