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Old 04-15-2005, 06:21 PM
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my idle is getting very low and rough, and when it gets low the voltage gets low too?! i dont know whats wrong....and when i turn on my heater or a/c i find that the voltage drop and so does the idle? is that normal.. if i turn the heat on, my idle can go VERY low and verrrry rough, sounds like a monster cam...this is bugging me, i have noticed it ever since i removed my air silencer.. what is around there that i could of messed up? i looked for loose connections only thing which wsnt plugged in is a plug hanging in the fender but i think its for if i had foglights maybe? cuz theres one on the other side too.. so thatss not it.. please help!!!

i noticed that the wire that goes to my 02 sensors was touching the header a bit and melted some maybe just barrrrely through the casing of the wire.. this would do it would it? would i of gotten a vacuum leak somewhere? but that wouldnt change voltage...would it? maybe my IAC? im so confused
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dc...dude put a topic..not just help..we all talked about this
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Old 04-15-2005, 06:26 PM
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sorry [8D] do u have a solution? lol... im so confused
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Old 04-15-2005, 06:35 PM
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The rough idle sounde like a vavuume leak or its out of time. Have you checked your timing?
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Old 04-15-2005, 06:42 PM
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no i havent yet..but would the make the voltage go down too?
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Old 04-15-2005, 06:46 PM
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Is your altinator stock? Mine is and when the idle drops down you can see the gauge drop also.
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a low voltage at idle can cause this problem
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Old 04-15-2005, 07:29 PM
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take the iac control off and clean it with carb cleaner,and try it
it sound like idle surge.
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Old 04-16-2005, 01:42 AM
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my father said a while ago hes getting a new IAC for it bcuz carb cleaner didnt do it.. but it wasnt doing this before.. just when u start it u gotta give it some rev for a second to it doesnt stall. did my iac get worse?
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ok,you took the box off from under the passenger side fender right?? if i'm not
mistaken there is a line that runs from the box to the intake.did you plug that line
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