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Old 03-28-2007, 12:22 PM
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my idle hangs around 1500 rpm for 10-30secs. when i let off the gas ...used to only do this when cold but now it does it all the time .....any ideas on how to fix this?
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Old 03-28-2007, 12:26 PM
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start with the simple....clean the throttle body...check your cable...then check tps...now what i think it might be clean your iac the valve body likes to stick when gummed up
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Old 04-02-2007, 02:35 AM
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how do you clean the iac ...what does it look like ?
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Old 04-02-2007, 02:40 AM
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acelerator cable? that was my problem when mine stuck
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Old 04-02-2007, 02:43 AM
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the cable doesnt seem to move when the idle dies down ....so i assume its not sticking i have cleaned inside the throttle body and all the springs beneath it ....actually that about the time the porblem got worse
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Old 04-03-2007, 12:28 AM
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took the sensor off the top and front sides....cleaned em up....runs like a champ
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