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Car wont idle right till warms up

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Old 05-02-2005, 01:23 PM
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Default Car wont idle right till warms up

recently my car will not idle right it almost wants to stall out before it warms up but once its warm it idles fine.. What is the cause of this.
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Old 05-02-2005, 01:25 PM
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i want to know this too bc mine does idle until it warmed up either
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Old 05-02-2005, 02:41 PM
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Make sure your IAC is operating. take it off the TB and turn on the key while watching it. It should click open.
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Old 05-02-2005, 03:14 PM
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also clean your maf if you run K/N filters as the oil gets on the electronics..also clean your T/B , egr ATLEAST ONCE PER YEAR
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Old 05-03-2005, 01:30 AM
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The first thing you should do or have done is pull codes, see if you have any stored or new and then go from there. You can just unplug the IAC and see if it helps, if the idle improves then you know you have to clean it or replace it. The other suggestions as well, but its alot easier to pull codes and unplug the IAC then it is to clean the throttle body, EGR, or MAF.
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Old 05-11-2005, 02:24 PM
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So you can simply unplug the IAC and start the car ?

And to clean the MAF and EGR, what would I use ?

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Old 05-11-2005, 02:33 PM
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use carb cleaner and a Q-tip on the MAF and just spray crab cleaner ion the Q-tip and lightly rub the wires clean

Just spray carb cleaner in the EGR
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Old 05-11-2005, 02:37 PM
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Alright, thanks !
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wheres the egr?
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ORIGINAL: dc_mann8

wheres the egr?
on the back on the tb spacer
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