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dedrums
Posts: 17
Joined: 30 January 2011
Year and Model: 740 wagon 1992
Location: ny

wants to stall at a light and backfires

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hi all have a 92 740 wagon rex regina ignition 180,000 miles and still a beauty i have a weird stalling problem i cant figure out when shes running its ok its when i stop at a light the rpms drop to almost 0 and it starts to stall then when i go to take off it starts backfiring and wont move till i nail the gas or play with the gas then she will be ok again just started about a week ago but the weird part is it wont do it everyday and the weather has been the same sunny no rain thanks for any suggestions :oops:

nisan17
Posts: 160
Joined: 27 April 2006
Year and Model: 92 940 turbo
Location: wisconsin
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Post by nisan17 »

Dedrums, did you resolve your problem? What was it?
Kevin

dedrums
Posts: 17
Joined: 30 January 2011
Year and Model: 740 wagon 1992
Location: ny

Post by dedrums »

yes i did a broken spark plug wire.a buddy of mine told me keep it simple check the wires and there it was.thanks for asking

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