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Old 08-06-2013, 04:29 PM
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Car runs ROUGH when cold...

When I first start my 01 Maxima and attempt to drive it, the car runs extremely rough. It's been doing this for some time now, but now it's really bad. Like I can pretty much WOT the car and it almost wont even go forward. Once the car warms up ~2 - 3 minutes, it runs perfectly fine.

I am nearly 90% for sure it's due to the intake/plentum gasket being bad. Once it warms up, it swells closing the vacuum leak it creates. Just want to make sure this is the right gasket I need to replace.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...192995_0_7571_
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Maxima, first start problem, then runs rough

Originally Posted by CreativeSkillz
When I first start my 01 Maxima and attempt to drive it, the car runs extremely rough. It's been doing this for some time now, but now it's really bad. Like I can pretty much WOT the car and it almost wont even go forward. Once the car warms up ~2 - 3 minutes, it runs perfectly fine.

I am nearly 90% for sure it's due to the intake/plentum gasket being bad. Once it warms up, it swells closing the vacuum leak it creates. Just want to make sure this is the right gasket I need to replace.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...192995_0_7571_
A valve problem in one of the cylinder, dirty bypass air valve or even bad gasoline. Also idler and PCV valve clogged
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