Q: Poor idle, shuts off sometimes.
Car is hard to start sometimes, low rpm while at a stand still, and will cut off sometimes. Excessive fuel consumption. I just cleaned the maf waiting for it to dry. What sould my next step be from here?
My car has 190000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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