PaulZ
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- Ford
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Non Ford, hope that's OK here. I have a '97 Dodge dump truck that sits for long periods of time, I don't keep a battery in it. When I do run it, often it will not idle right away. If I rev it up and slowly back of the throttle down to an idle that usually works, but just letting off the pedal quickly it will die. No big deal, but then yesterday a friend called from the smog testing shop, his '97 Rover Defender that had been sitting a long time also would not stay running. I drove over there, had him pop the hood and start it up. I did the same thing, revved it up and slowly backed off the throttle a couple times. It worked, idled fine, he passed the smog test even. I was a hero, but I have not idea why this happens. Is it a common thing? My guess is it's either some kind of computer thing or the injectors needing to be exercised.