# Idle & low speed poor running 95 Mazda Millenia

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/idle-low-speed-poor-running-95-mazda-millenia/77541>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** mazda\
**Created:** [February 22, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/idle-low-speed-poor-running-95-mazda-millenia/77541 "2013-02-22T02:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![PappyBoynton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@PappyBoynton](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PappyBoynton)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/idle-low-speed-poor-running-95-mazda-millenia/77541/1 "2013-02-22T02:49:18Z")

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Have a 95 Mazda Millenia - ran ok till plugs, cap & rotor changed - now it will barely idle & hesitates, coughs & spits until you get it up to 3K rpm - there and above it’s smooth - below 3K it loads up & blows out black smoke (rich) Any ideas what’s wrong ?

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/idle-low-speed-poor-running-95-mazda-millenia/77541/2 "2013-02-22T04:22:58Z")

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Check the timing.