Rough idle

Asked by GuruV2WTV Sep 10, 2018 at 01:12 AM about the 2003 Subaru Forester XS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

03 forester 2.5 xs has new head gaskets,
timing belt, coil wires, waterpump& idlers car
starts fine but idles rough what can be
causing the rough idle

1 Answer

F_O_R answered 5 years ago

Does it have new spark plugs? Run some fuel system cleaner in your gas tank.

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