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Old 12-17-2005, 09:41 PM
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took my car out today noticed something funny. only noticed it when I hit the brakes the idle jumps up to 1500 then falls back to normal. I tried it a couple more times and the same thing happened. Any ideas are greatly appreciated
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Old 12-17-2005, 10:07 PM
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its normal, the computer raises the idle to compensate for the vacuum loss used for the brakes.
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Old 12-17-2005, 10:30 PM
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If it didnt do it before try cleaning the EGR valve, as well as the IAC valve my truck was loading up on fuel at idle and I cleaned the both of them and it cured my problem right up!
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Old 12-18-2005, 12:41 AM
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thanks for the info will try cleaning egr, iac needs replaced, could that be part of my problem
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Old 12-18-2005, 01:16 AM
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the RPM'S shouldn't go up to 1500 no.
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