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Re: rough running vortec
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 6/7/2000

Ed,

Have you checked the EGR? This is the most common cause I see for your complaint. Speed density doesn't know the difference between EGR and air so it will run very rich at idle with a leaky EGR. Wild fluctuations in engine vac could also cause a lot of f... Login to read more.