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    Jake CookJake Cook
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      I have a 2001 Nissan Frontier with the 3.3 L V6. Has 215,000. The truck has a pretty rough idle and a bad smell coming from the exhaust. It seems to run fine when driving, but is noticeably rough at idle. Just had a new distributor put on it. I replaced the spark plugs last week and I’m going to replace the plug wires tomorrow. It appears as though it might be running rich. I only get 200 miles out of a tank of gas. Any ideas?

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      Nightflyr *Richard Kirshy
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        Some possibilities:
        Dirty throttle body
        Vacuum leak ( also check the air intake tube for crack )
        Faulty or leaking MAF
        Faulty injector(s)
        Faulty IAC
        Timing
        Might suggest hooking up a scan tool and get some live data to give you some direction.

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