Q: My car is still idling weird.

asked by on May 29, 2017

My car is still idling weird and I recently just changed the fuel pressure sensor because the Engine light went on. I thought that was going to fix it but it still is idling weird. What else can it be? The noise sounds like it's cutting off but it's random.

My car has 64000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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