Q: My 93 Ford Ranger recently started stuttering both when idle and while accelerating.

asked by on March 15, 2018

Receltly my engine has started to stutter while accelerating or while idle. When it starts to stutter while accelerating it sometimes helps to hold down the clutch and give it some gas.

My car has 120000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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