1989 Toyota Corolla shuting off the car

1989 TOYOTA COROLLA
135,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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JON.T1
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I live in AZ and with the hot weather my car has been running extremely poor. Specifically when I park and attempt to shut it off it diesel quite badly. Any thoughts???
Aug 20, 2008 at 7:14 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there, have the ignition timing set correctly if efi the data link will have to be earthed out. check general tune as well, and make sure that the idle speed is not to high as this will affect it as well.

mark (mhpautos)
Aug 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM
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JON.T1
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Again,very sincere thanks and I will participate in the donation program as soon as I can. Thank you
Aug 21, 2008 at 8:07 PM
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