gas smell and idle probem with our 80

Submitted: Monday, Apr 10, 2006 at 15:14
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Hi all,

We've had our 80 for 7mths (its done 252 000km 1994 gxl) and at first it had an idle problem with cost $400 odd bucks to fix...I think it was a tune up.....

Anyway, we are starting to have the same problem again - idle drops to about 400rpm and only goes up when the a/c is on....this isnt happening all the time but its just started over the past few days...

Also, only in the past few days Ive noticed a gassy smell from the car....maybe the exhaust...which i think might be normal yeah??!! I can smell it in the car too but thats whn ive had it idle with the door open for a minute.

Are these 2 things linked?? My non-trained trained in the mechanical world says thats its maybe a mixture problem of some sort....or maybe its a spark plug thing.....

I hope that this car isnt going to be costing $400 every 6 months on top of everything else!!

Another thing - once every now and then when im changing gears the revs stay at whatever.....maybe 2800rpm....and doesnt go down - is this normal???

Laura B
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