 idle control valve cleaning |
 Nov 2, 2011 - 5:21 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Apr 17, '11 From nc Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
so i cleaned my idle control valve b/c my car was doing this erradic idle thing when cold (1600-2200) and sometimes it idles high when warm too, sometimes not.
problem not solved. the piston seems to move easily enough in the icv. and the mechinism seems simple enough, it the piston moving freely enough to eliminate it as a possibility? |
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Nov 8, 2011 - 3:19 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 17, '11 From nc Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
well......
my car was doing this "occasional stall when warm thing" and that's what brought this on. and i changed the col temp sens, and cleaned the eicv and the problem *seems* to be gone. at idle, or at a light waiting the thing would just die with no warning and wouldn't restart for a time, but then the f*kn thing would start right up like nothing was wrong. still don't get it, but *maybe* i got it with blind faith. also, i turned up the idle so that when it's warm and idling correctly it idles at about 1100 instead of 900. may have something to do with it too. hmhmhmmhmhmhmhn... don't know. |
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giraffe idle control valve cleaning Nov 2, 2011 - 5:21 PM
Galcobar If the problem is primarily occurring at low tempe... Nov 2, 2011 - 11:16 PM giraffe it's a 3s-ge 3rd, but the coolant temp sensor ... Nov 3, 2011 - 10:01 AM giraffe did the coolant temp sensor just because it was ea... Nov 4, 2011 - 12:10 PM stephen_lee the coolant temp sensor and the temp sensor for yo... Nov 4, 2011 - 3:07 PM Galcobar In the picture above, the reddish connector to the... Nov 7, 2011 - 2:01 AM richee3 Idling at 900 is normal when warm. Nov 8, 2011 - 5:56 PM
giraffe i bumped it up to 1100 b/c of the stalling, which ... Nov 8, 2011 - 8:34 PM |
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