1986 mustang gt set for a long time floods on idle and misses and jerks bad at about 1and 1/2 on rpm on tach now installed new sparkplugs stil does it and uses excesive amount of gas

Asked by ftz64_19 Oct 03, 2014 at 05:56 PM about the 1986 Ford Mustang GT Coupe RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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Check out the rest of your fuel system. If it sat for a long time and had gas in it the car probably has clogged carb jets or injectors if it is a fuel injected car. A good fuel system cleaning is probably in order to get the car running right.

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