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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shawn stonbraker 2" data-source="post: 791649" data-attributes="member: 62109"><p>Ava, by no means does "PS I am a female" mean that you should just get ripped off by some butthead mechanic. I say "ripped off", because as Richard L eluded to, you got screwed by a mechanic that "saw you coming". Happens alot. Did he replace some of the common fixes for your problem? Yes. The problem is, is he didn't try to diagnose the problem. He saw you as a "female" and charged you alot of money for stuff that he even knew probably wouldn't fix it, since he was just guessing. That's proven since he gave you back the vehicle without actually fixing the problem. I also agree with Richard that you need to start with cleaning the IAC, MAF and Throttle body. Also try the SeaFoam treatment. All of these are in the projects section here and very easy to accomplish, even if you never held a wrench in your hand. If you take it somewhere, they will charge quite a bit for those project, and if you do it yourself, it will cost no more than $10-$20. You being a "female" will have nothing to do with it.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

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