87 Tercel keeps running when shut off

Tiny
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  • 1987 TOYOTA TERCEL
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?
Saturday, November 17th, 2007 AT 12:04 PM

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Tiny
MERLIN2021
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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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Saturday, November 17th, 2007 AT 12:12 PM

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