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april10
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Dec 05, 2013

1990 Southwind Motorhome starting problem cont'd

A couple of wks ago I wrote about a problem with our MH starting, but dying within 15 secs or so. My husband hasn't had a chance to look at it, but now that he's laid off, we need to fix it and hopef...
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garry1p
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Dec 05, 2013
You really need to find out if you have a fuel, electrical or vacuum problem.

One easy test is spraying WD 40 or starter fluid (short squirts) into the throttle body as soon as it starts to see if will continue to run.

Usually vacuum problems will cause a bad idle and not shut down, fuel or electrical can cause the shut down.

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