Dead Battery, then rough idle

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Lords47

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So I was at work Friday, went out for lunch and returned. I was leaving for the day about an hour later. Open the door, turn the key, nothing. No lights, horn, ignition, dead. So I popped the hood, and jiggled the wires on the battery. Just doing that, all power restored, the car started. Got home, and washed it. When I went to start it to bring it in the garage, same problem. So got a wire brush and cleaned all the contacts on the battery. No problem since. But today, I went to a car show and at stop lights, it was idling REALLY rough, to the point where I thought it was going to stall.

Any suggestions? Does anyone think this is a funtion of my battery issues? It was dead long enough to wipe out my memory seats and radio stations. Could this have messed up the ECU?????
 
Lords47 said:
Tried that... still very rough and it did in fact stall out on me. But once I drive it, its fine. ???
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Have you checked your battery? With an electrical meter I mean?

---------- Post added at 05:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:27 PM ----------

Wow, I was just researching the weird idle deal, had multiple tabs open, and thought this was a new post. Sorry for the colossal resurrection. :embarrassed:
 
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