2.0L, 4 Cyl, 1995, Automatic.
My car has a poor idle, especially when starting cold. First try at starting, after a few revs I pump the accelerator pedal and the engine starts with a very rough idle then dies. Second time, same way, the car starts and revs OK, but if I let up on the acc, the car dies. It will not idle until warm. The engine has a ticking noise that sounds like valves.
The CEL comes on intermittantly, typically when accelerating from a stop, and stays on about 15 sec. CEL codes are: 035, 335, 628, 181 and 336.
Compression test shows cyl 1 and 2 at 110PSI, 3 and 4 at 175PSI.
A mechanic recomends a valve adjustment, but I thought that the '95 4 cyl has hydraulic lifters and no adjustment possible. Could the valve issue have anything to do with the idle or is it more likely something else?
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