hey guys,
My '91 4.3L OMC is having idling issues. In November, I started replacing the outdrive, and I'm just getting to test it out. It ran okay then. I only ran it once to find out the outdrive was shot, so I don't remember all of its quirks, but I don't remember having this much of a problem with it.
I'm trying to start it up in my driveway before I have to drive it all the way out to the lake, and I can't get it to Idle smooth. If I bump it up to between 800 and 1000 RPMs it smooths out a little, but still isn't perfectly smooth. It revs up fine and all but when I come back down to 600 RPM, it just wants to die. It takes it 10 or 15 seconds to completely die out, but it does.
I live in Phoenix, where it doesn't freeze, so I don't think that's my problem.
My first guess is going to be old gas. The guy I bought it from SAID he'd put stabil in the gas, but then again he told me everything worked perfect too. So I'm' going for fresh gas now.
What else should I check? I'd like to go for the easiest things first, but it seems like the only EASY fix would be fresh gas.
Thanks in advance.
My '91 4.3L OMC is having idling issues. In November, I started replacing the outdrive, and I'm just getting to test it out. It ran okay then. I only ran it once to find out the outdrive was shot, so I don't remember all of its quirks, but I don't remember having this much of a problem with it.
I'm trying to start it up in my driveway before I have to drive it all the way out to the lake, and I can't get it to Idle smooth. If I bump it up to between 800 and 1000 RPMs it smooths out a little, but still isn't perfectly smooth. It revs up fine and all but when I come back down to 600 RPM, it just wants to die. It takes it 10 or 15 seconds to completely die out, but it does.
I live in Phoenix, where it doesn't freeze, so I don't think that's my problem.
My first guess is going to be old gas. The guy I bought it from SAID he'd put stabil in the gas, but then again he told me everything worked perfect too. So I'm' going for fresh gas now.
What else should I check? I'd like to go for the easiest things first, but it seems like the only EASY fix would be fresh gas.
Thanks in advance.
