Oct 20, 2009 - 11:04 PM
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Ok so I'm just now bringing myself to making a topic on this as its starting to show its ugly side again. I've got some weird idling problem going on as far as I can tell. Basically when the car is at normal operating temp and in neutral my idle will sometimes drop below 600 (probably like 580 or so) and everything will feel real rough and the car will Phsycially feel and sound real choppy like it wants to die but does not. This problem has shown its face on several occasions on random days (2 days in a row now) and the car will run crappy. Also want to say when it does do this I also notice that my gas pedal kinda loses its response. I feel like I have to mash down more on it than when its idling right below 1k.
Any information that could possibly point to my problem? The engine is rebuilt with about I would say 10k+ or so miles on it with new plugs/wires/distributor when the engine was rebuilt. I am currently left in a cloud of confusion over it all Thanks in advance -Hazmat |
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Oct 26, 2009 - 3:46 PM
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650 is low. I have the same issue as you where my idle is sometimes a little rough, I notice it when it's warm out and I have the AC on and music blasting. But if anything, it dips DOWN to 650, never stays there. That's very low.
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Hazmat Idle Concern? Oct 20, 2009 - 11:04 PM
Candiiman alternator maybe the problem. not getting enough p... Oct 20, 2009 - 11:18 PM
Hazmat Alternator? Hmm well what would be the best way to... Oct 21, 2009 - 9:20 AM
Nartanian You sure you don't have any vacuum leaks? It c... Oct 21, 2009 - 10:22 AM
Hazmat QUOTE (Nartanian @ Oct 21, 2009 - 10... Oct 21, 2009 - 5:09 PM
Candiiman sure thats the easy/expensive way. but i mean you ... Oct 21, 2009 - 4:37 PM
SwissFerdi That definitely sounds like an alternator issue to... Oct 21, 2009 - 5:48 PM
Hazmat QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 21, 2009 - 5... Oct 21, 2009 - 5:56 PM
SwissFerdi QUOTE (Hazmat @ Oct 21, 2009 - 6:56 ... Oct 22, 2009 - 2:03 PM
Candiiman im pretty sure it is the alternator. try taking th... Oct 22, 2009 - 9:19 AM
Hazmat Ok so I went and got my battery and alternator tes... Oct 22, 2009 - 5:34 PM
Candiiman best way to go. yea may have been just the battery Oct 23, 2009 - 1:47 PM
Hazmat Well this will be the 4th day now that it has run ... Oct 26, 2009 - 3:37 PM
SwissFerdi My normal idle is right around 800. Oct 26, 2009 - 3:39 PM
Hazmat QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 26, 2009 - 3... Oct 26, 2009 - 3:45 PM
Hazmat QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Oct 26, 2009 - 4... Oct 26, 2009 - 4:17 PM
Spider77 Yeah, I could be wrong here, but Im sure that a va... Oct 26, 2009 - 4:22 PM
Hazmat QUOTE (Spider77 @ Oct 26, 2009 - 4:2... Oct 26, 2009 - 5:18 PM
Spider77 QUOTE (Hazmat @ Oct 26, 2009 - 5:18 ... Oct 26, 2009 - 6:57 PM
Hazmat Hmm good to know. I'll see what goes down when... Oct 26, 2009 - 7:07 PM
Spider77 A good tune up never hurts. And by all means, bri... Oct 26, 2009 - 7:36 PM![]() ![]() |
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