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Old 05-22-2007, 07:34 PM
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Recently, everytime I start my stang she kind of has a rough idle in park. The rough idle only appears when in park and also has a slight bigger cam type of sound. The car is an 03 auto with 35k on it. The car idles around 800 ish and dips a little.
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Old 05-22-2007, 07:36 PM
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adjust the shift linkage it might be trying to go in reverse when it's in park . I had the same problem .
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Old 05-22-2007, 07:39 PM
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The car also seems to vibrate somewhat. Not a terrible vibration, but definitely noticeable.
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Have you done anything with your tuner? If so, try taking everything back to stock and then disconnecting your battery for about 15-20 min and letting your computer reset itself.
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Old 05-22-2007, 07:42 PM
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Yeah I have used the tuner to adjust shift firmness, disable rear 02s, andmaxed spark advance.
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The car also never dies during the rough idle while in park.
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Old 05-22-2007, 08:28 PM
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Yeah I have used the tuner to adjust shift firmness, disable rear 02s, andmaxed spark advance.
I wouldn't recommend doing that! Take everything back to stock and then see what happens
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I used the tuner and put everything back to stock. Also, unhooked the battery for 15 minutes, but the rough idle is still happening in park. The car seems to vibrate a little. Do you think it's the iac? When in drive and accelerating everything is fine.
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