When I'm driving and I take my foot off the gas, I can sometimes watch the rpms drop from about 1400 to 1100. When this happens the car jerks a little, slows down a little and lasts about a second before it jerks back up. It seems to only happen in 3rd. I have a 08 Sport automatic. I need a few...
I'm running E3 spark plugs in my 08 sport cobalt. No problems and if anything it even smoothed out my idle slightly. Maybe a very minor increase in power but that's about it. Nice not having to gauge the bastards too. :)
Yeah I'd say either air filter, fuel filter, or Idle Air Control valve (IAC). Either way I'd dump a can of seafoam into the fuel tank to see if it improves at all.
You're supposed to let it stall with seafoam to soak the heads. It's not unusual for it to be hard to start for a few moments while full of seafoam.
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I've "fogged" several vehicles and never experienced a problem with them.