 engine idle? |
  Nov 17, 2002 - 9:42 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Oct 21, '02 From florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
i noticed when i was sitting at a light that my engine was idling way high, it was almost at 1500 rpms, i know i can take to my friend and get my friend to adjust with his scanner, but i was wondering if anyone had any ideas why this started happening?
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Nov 24, 2002 - 12:06 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Davenport Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Your throttle cable is loose!
This is very BAD! to correct this you will need two open ended wrenches... I think they are 12mm but not sure... been a while since I have worked on a 5sfe. Open your hood... you need to find where your intake manafold is.. on GT's its the thing that says 2200 at the top of you motor and close to the fire wall. Not sure what the ST looks like. attached to the front of your intake manafold will be two black cables... they connect to your throttle... The top one is your throttle return cable and the bottom one is your actual throttle cable. There will be a mounting bracket attached to your intake manafold that will have two aluminum nuts that the throttle cable runs threw. If your engine is running too high you will need to loosen the nut on the left/passanger side of the bracket. If your engine is running too low you will need to loosen the nut on the right/driver side of the bracket. Slowly adjust the nut with the car running.... do not do this TOO fast... keep checking the RPMs until your car shows 700-900rpm... once the Idel is set you will have to tighten the other nut down so that both nuts are REALLY tight on the bracket... DO NOT GET THE BRIGHT IDEA TO INCREASE YOUR IDLE.... this will make your car faster off the line but will cause all kinds of problems!!!!! --------------------  99 project version 3.0.. hello SEMA 2010 =) |
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trdcelica99 engine idle? Nov 17, 2002 - 9:42 PM
Coomer Did you just start your car and was it cold out? I... Nov 17, 2002 - 10:52 PM 1bwilson Mine used to do that all the time. All you have t... Nov 17, 2002 - 11:19 PM trdcelica99 it just got cold in florida lately, so i'm hop... Nov 19, 2002 - 12:31 AM 96cel_John whats the normal idle rpm? Nov 19, 2002 - 10:03 PM 1bwilson QUOTE (96cel_John @ Nov 19 2002, 08:03 PM)whats th... Nov 19, 2002 - 10:09 PM macavely damn i'm starting to think that there is somet... Nov 20, 2002 - 12:06 AM Coomer QUOTE (96cel_John @ Nov 19 2002, 08:03 PM)whats th... Nov 20, 2002 - 1:19 AM SmokeThis the engine is supposed to run a high idle when its... Nov 21, 2002 - 3:18 PM trdcelica99 750- 900 rpms but i'm in warm weather Nov 21, 2002 - 3:21 PM jontechie QUOTE (1bwilson @ Nov 19 2002, 08:09 PM)QUOTE (96c... Nov 21, 2002 - 5:23 PM jontechie QUOTE (SmokeThis @ Nov 21 2002, 01:18 PM)the engin... Nov 21, 2002 - 5:33 PM macavely I asked my uncle to check my idle for me and he di... Nov 21, 2002 - 6:32 PM jontechie That sounds about right to me... Nov 21, 2002 - 6:43 PM
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