# 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Rough idle and lots of age-related eingine issues

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-chevrolet-monte-carlo-rough-idle-and-lots-of-age-related-eingine-issues/188460>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, engines\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-chevrolet-monte-carlo-rough-idle-and-lots-of-age-related-eingine-issues/188460 "2023-01-12T18:26:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![sycomikeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sycomikeo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sycomikeo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-chevrolet-monte-carlo-rough-idle-and-lots-of-age-related-eingine-issues/188460/1 "2023-01-12T18:26:54Z")

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hard start rough idle rear 3 sparkplugs wet front 3 sparkplugs dry burnt cant hear fuel pump cycling bad two front dogbone motor mounts 2006 chevy monte carlo ltz 3.9l v6

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-chevrolet-monte-carlo-rough-idle-and-lots-of-age-related-eingine-issues/188460/2 "2023-01-12T21:13:32Z")

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Sounds like a handful. Did you have a question?

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-chevrolet-monte-carlo-rough-idle-and-lots-of-age-related-eingine-issues/188460/3 "2023-01-12T21:21:12Z")

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For the wet/dry spark plug symptoms, presumably exhaust bank-related, suggest to ask your shop if a fuel trim test would be a good way to start the diagnostic process. You could post the fuel trim results here if you like more ideas.