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1987 Toyota Tercel Repair Question


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Asked on November 17, 2007

87 keeps running when shut off

I have a 1987 Toyota tercel with 156,000 miles on it. It runs great, but a couple of times lately it has kept running "roughly" a few seconds after shutting the car off. Then its hard to start up right away, but starts up fine later on. Whats wrong?
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Replied on November 17, 2007

Timming could be advanced a bit too far, check with a timing light, also get a can of seafoam and follw the directions for it's use, this will clean the combustion chambers, you may have a carbon build up problem.

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