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Car starts and runs but then shuts off

Tiny
INDIAMW
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  • 1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA
  • 3.1L
  • V6
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 129,000 MILES
I can start the car and it will crank just fineand run but will continuously cut off until it warms up then it doesnt do it.
Saturday, December 12th, 2015 AT 11:37 AM

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Tiny
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  • 48,601 POSTS
Check for a vacuum leak, the computer is richening the fuel mix to compensate. Clean throttle plate on both sides and iac hole with choke cleaner
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Saturday, December 12th, 2015 AT 11:45 AM
Tiny
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Whereabouts are the throttle body plates located at and are they hard to get to and clean. What is the iac hole?
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Saturday, December 12th, 2015 AT 7:14 PM
Tiny
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It is all in throttle body where duct work leads to engine from air cleaner. You'll see all of it. He iac hole is kind of oblong
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Sunday, December 13th, 2015 AT 7:52 AM

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