Q: Rough idle sucking noise - 1989 Plymouth Acclaim
My car idles very rough and has now power. It also makes a sucking noise from the throttle body. I think I fixed all of the leaks in the vacuum system. I have trouble starting my car, but I get it going by flooring the gas pedal when I start it. I cleaned the vacuum lines, replaced the map sensor which had a bad code and replaced the Exhaust Gas Recirculation. Doing all of this hasn’t done any good for my car. Do you have any idea what else it could be?
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