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    hey guys i got 99 vs 5l ute and my idle sits really low, like around the 100/200 mark, is this normal??? i had the idle speed motor replace bout a year ago, does any one know how i can adjust it or if i even can??? cheers.

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    The tacho is not wildly accurate. Mine is only just above 0 when it sits at proper idling speed of 550 or so.

    If you were really idling at 100 that would be so lumpy it would sound like it was about to stall.
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    ah ok cheers cause yeah it doesnt run lumpy or feel like its gonna stall

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