Terrible Idle in the cold

P5SPDKILLZ

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Car runs fine once it gets warmed up some around town and on the highway but twice now when it's been colder I've had a terrible idle. Fires up fine then starts to cough like it wants to stall out. She burns some oil so the first time I thought it was partly to do with the oil having gotten low and it seemed fine after I filled her up. Just had another rough idle this morning just not as severe as that first time. Been running 10w-30 to try to help with the oil consumption so was wondering if that was part of the issue some how..Also it throws the CEL after it struggles for a little to idle. Last time the light went off and stayed off when I left work in the evening though. Andy ideas?
 
Mayybbeee EGR..

(When MP5 has rough idle and all else fails.. blame EGR!) ;)

You should try to maybe run some Seafoam and see if it helps.. Doesn't seem like it's a recurring issue and is just happening so it can't hurt.
If not, you might want to either clean out the EGR yourself or have a mechanic do it.. or replace it completely..
 
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