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My 2000 Sonoma V6 starts easily, but has absolutely no power for the first minute or so. What could be causing this? It runs fine once it clears up.

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Have car scanned at a parts place-maybe some bad codes-dont go changin parts till u git other opinions--car may hav vacuum leaks or throttle body is filthy-idle air control cud be stickin--clean the whole area--new plug wires and complete ignition testing may be in order

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Check fluids- oil,transmission fluid
have you had the fuel filter changed?
might be exhaust issue- partial melted catalytic converter
try in order i listed- cheap to exspensive

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