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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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Default RE: Engine sputter after kill switch

Mine did that and a tech knew exactly that it was idling to fast, twisted the screwback in two seconds and it never did it again.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2008 | 11:43 PM
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Default RE: Engine sputter after kill switch

yea sometimes the momentum of the rotating weight inside the engine from a fast idle will keep it going, and the plug can be heated which causes combustion instead of a spark. or you have carbon build up which after a long ride can cuase hot spots that still cuase combustion.

either way, seafoam cleans out the carbon really well and keeps it out, so after a tank of it whether it still does it or not you have eliminated one possibility. Techron or Seafoam are the good ones.
 
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