> My '89 Mi16 does this at idle speed in first gear.
> Mike Savage
>
> On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:33:21 +0000 Tim Wears <twears@iee.org> writes:
> >
> >
> >I have a 405SRi (89) which refuses to run smoothly! It never idles at
> >a constant speed: it varies between 500rpm and 1000rpm. I would
> >describe it as incredibly "juddery". For instance, if I am crawling
> along in
> >slow moving traffic, say 15mph in 2nd gear, the car lurches forward
I had a friend with a car that did this, we found that the throttle body
needed to be de-coked. It was very dirty, and upon cleaning and an
"Italian Tune-up" the car ran much better.