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forklift idles rough and shuts off. No codes and only at idle.

I need help. Forklift idles rough most of the time. It rarely idles normal anymore. It doesn't give any codes and this only happens at idle. Once you give it gas, it runs, but when back at idle, it dies again. What could it possibly be?? I checked the vacuum hoses and they're all connected.
help please....
thank you
  • Posted 26 Jun 2009 15:18
  • By noe_g
  • joined 26 Jun'09 - 1 message
  • California, United States
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try pulling the air filter out and see if that makes any difference
also there is a drain plug on the converter that can be removed and the converter can be cleaned out

other than that anything else that would be wrong causing this problem would trigger a code of some sort, usually
  • Posted 28 Oct 2016 23:43
  • By swoop223
  • joined 23 Mar'12 - 3,692 messages
  • North Carolina, United States
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having the same issue do u remember what it was
  • Posted 28 Oct 2016 06:23
  • By jsanchez89
  • joined 26 May'16 - 29 messages
  • Illinois, United States

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