Q: I drive a 1979 chrysler cordoba. When i first fire it up it requires me to warm up the engine and idles really rough. Why?
After the cordoba has been sitting for over a day it idles really rough on first startup. If i give the engine a little gas consistently for a few minutes it starts to idle normally and i can then begin driving it. If not it idles really slow and rough and sounds like it is gonna quit. After i have begun driving (after doing what i described before) it runs rough for the first 2 minutes or so. During this time the transmission stutters while shifting and the lurches a small bit when slowing to a stop. After about two minutes of this the car runs smooth and good. It continues to start and run well afor the rest of the day until its been sitting to long again. Rinse and repeat. In addittion the more days it is left parked the worse it runs at first.
My car has 69000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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