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april10
Explorer
Nov 26, 2013

starts fine, smooth idle 30secs, rough idle, then dies

We have a 1990 Southwind motorhome. Ran fine until recently. Now, it starts right up, runs good for about 30 sec., then the idle gets rough, the motor sounds like it's surging, and it dies. My husban...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Nov 26, 2013
I am guessing fuel filter.. but that is a guess.

Depending on the fuel pump location (Tank or engine) it might be a religious fuel line as well (It got holy) and letting air into the system reducing pump effiency. This is not possible with a tank mounted pump.

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