Aug 4, 2008 - 10:03 AM
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My '94 GT was having trouble holding idle this morning right after a cold startup. It would die unless I held the gas and kept the RPMs around 2000. If I let off the gas, the RPM's would drop to around 200 and then it would sputter out and die. After about a minute, the problem went away.
According to some research on this board, it's the idle air control valve. I read some references to people stating they were going to clean it or did clean it, but I didn't see any information on how to actually clean it. P.S. I just put new plugs in, and a cap and rotor. The problem above only happened this morning and about a week after I gave it the tune up. I have only owned this car a month, but I have noticed the idle seems to drift a little--sometimes it's idling around 500 and shakes the car a little when fully warmed up, and sometimes it idles just fine around 800 when fully warmed up. Before I actually replace the IAC, I want to try cleaning it but want to see what others have done. Once I clean it, then I will re-check the timing. |
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Dec 1, 2014 - 11:23 PM
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It's the gasket between the IACV and the throttle body, some people say it looks like a frog face.
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mnwolftrack Cleaning the IAC (Idle Air Control) Valve--how to? Aug 4, 2008 - 10:03 AM
presure2 without pics, here is a quick run down:
remove in... Aug 4, 2008 - 10:30 AM
mnwolftrack Perfect--thanks! Aug 4, 2008 - 10:39 AM
HaysoosKreesto Is there a less intrusive way to do this? I litera... Dec 1, 2014 - 8:03 PM
Box If you use a stubby or angled screwdriver you can ... Dec 1, 2014 - 9:22 PM
VavAlephVav https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsP2-HKz7vE
this ... Dec 1, 2014 - 10:37 PM
HaysoosKreesto QUOTE (VavAlephVav @ Dec 1, 2014 - 11... Dec 1, 2014 - 10:49 PM
VavAlephVav technically you should replace most any gasket any... Dec 2, 2014 - 12:54 AM
HaysoosKreesto Thank you guys for your time in helping me with my... Dec 2, 2014 - 1:20 AM
Box Know how you feel, I'm so OCD and such a perfe... Dec 2, 2014 - 6:17 AM
VavAlephVav my high idle problem turned out to be just missing... Dec 2, 2014 - 9:10 PM![]() ![]() |
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