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Question: rough running

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skibone, Toledo, OH, October 11, 2010, 18:57
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i brought this car in 2008 with 85,000 miles im the only one thatdrives this car, it sits during the winter months n garage. i have 109,000 miles on it now, at about 107,000 i started the car and it started to stumble and cut off, i restarted it and the check enginre light came on and begain to idle rough & RPM kept bouncing up & down I have not had nothing done to this baby since i bought her except brakes, it still runs rough & when I get off the gas the engine RPM bounces from o to idle or little more. I was told by a good benz guy here that a complete tune up is the first step since i never done nothing to it, at a price of 650.00 and this MIGHT take care of this, I put a list together. sp.plug. fu. filter,temp. sen,fuel injec.sen,oil presure sen,power steer.filter,temp. gauge sen,air filter,&oil change. i can do all this myself 4 under 300.00 plus have money left in case of bad coil or oxegen sensors. the code i think was at one check it was oxygen sensor, another check was mass air flow sen. another check temp sen. at one time when i drove the car 4 2hrs and the eng. temp reading was on o the whole time, after leaving the car and returning much later it was working, I had the light reset but it evenualy comes back on, please help this car is in near mint condition e-mail or call. 419-265-0289 hosey... Thanks

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    woodward auto from Woodward Auto Sales & Service, October 12, 2010, 07:45
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    these cars are famous for having the throttle body/throttle actuator go bad due to sitting and improper fuel useage in the vehicle. The part alone is usually $1700.00. However you would be very surprised at what a good fuel system cleaning will do. We fix these all the time using the BG products fuel induction cleaning tool. Go to www.bgproducts.com and use their find a shop program put in your zip code and find a shop in your area that does fuel induction service and have it done.

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