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Old 12-24-2008, 08:44 AM
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Hello everyone, I have been a lurker for quite a while just basically soaking up all of the help info on this site. My dad has a 2002 dmax 4x4 CC and its seems to have a choppy idle that seems to be happening more and more frequently. It surges so much that it wants to push through the brakes at stoplights... Any ideas??
 
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Old 12-24-2008, 08:53 AM
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what all does he have done to the truck. o ya, welcome to the site
 
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Old 12-24-2008, 09:01 AM
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Its completely stock... I thought it may be a fuel pressure regulator issue. I read that sometimes they can send incorrect data to the computer cause it to adjust fuel pressure incorrectly.

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Old 12-24-2008, 09:38 AM
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Oil level rising, any odd colored smoke from the exhaust, check engine light come on?? Does it only do it at idle??
 
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No other symptoms that I know of, it only does it at idle.
 
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Old 12-24-2008, 01:20 PM
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it might throw a p0087 every once in a while, the fca (fpr) might be going bad

although mine used to do that before my injectors went out.

one thing you can do use use two-stroke engine oil and dump about a quart in a full tank and sometimes itl smooth things out
 
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