Idle all over the place

[-Michael-]

hey guys

took apart my dash to fix up my stereo and now my car idles like shite.

as in, turn the key on a warm or cold day and sometimes it'll be right and sometimes it'll drop to like 600rpm, then 500rpm then stall.

also when i drive it and then come to a stop in neutral it stays at about 2000rpm and then take maybe a good 5-10 secs to go to normal.

ran carby cleaner in the throttle body and injector cleaner in the tank and still doesnt fix it.

help?

[danja]

Try cleaning you IAC?

Seems unlikely taking the dash apart had anything to do with it, I reckon it's just coincidence.

[-Michael-]

so just take the TB off and clean it thoroughly?

[danja]

so just take the TB off and clean it thoroughly?

You can take the IAC off the TB and clean it separately. They get gummed up and sticky, so that could explain why your idle takes a few seconds to settle.

Some people say try not to get too much carby cleaner in the IAC. I've done a couple and just sprayed it right in there, watching all the gunk come out and let them dry out a bit without problems, but do so at your own risk

[holdenvtman1123]

the idle speed motor on the throttle body might be worn or dirty, as said before take it off and give it a good clean. i used kero.

[fitz_vt]

took apart my dash to fix up my stereo and now my car idles like shite.

Hi michael, there is a vacuum hose that goes from the throttle body, to the behind the dash, now the vacuum hose if disconnected can cause idling issues.
i would find out where it is disconnected reconnect it and you should be right. but if not then i am stumped.

[VTS5]

hey guys
took apart my dash to fix up my stereo and now my car idles like shite.help?

Check vacume hoses behinde the heater (hot/cold) switch..

[red truck]

Find the vacum supply for the dash at the engine end and block it off, see if it makes any diff before you go pulling the dash apart again.

[redvtsss]

I know its a pain but disconnect the battery for a couple of mins let the computer reset start it and rev it to three thou for ten secs to reset the iac valve. If this fails id be looking at a vacuum hose near heater controls but you can normally hear them hissing if they are off.

[-Michael-]

Did everything everyone says and most of the time it idles good but sometimes like this morning it drops the revs off till it stalls. and its not like it was cold either.

so i just give it a blip of throttle and its fine. sounds like maybe not getting enough fuel when its just been sitting there or something :/

[fitz_vt]

Did everything everyone says and most of the time it idles good but sometimes like this morning it drops the revs off till it stalls. and its not like it was cold either.

so i just give it a blip of throttle and its fine. sounds like maybe not getting enough fuel when its just been sitting there or something :/

you need a new fuel filter and probably have gunky injectors, clean the injectors and replace the fuel filter, if this does not work then i would say its the fuel pump. if not then i would call out a mechanic because thats not right. it shouldnt idle all over the place, does it have any engine noises? like a rapping noise, a tick noise.

[-Michael-]

yeah I thought filter but i can run it for hours on a cruise and it's got all of its power.

Just does it once and it you give it a good kick then its all good

[fitz_vt]

yeah injectors might be the go. i would run some injector cleaner through

[-Michael-]

Already done that though..

took the throttle body off and i'm cleaning it with carby cleaner...

WOW its like black sludge in there o.O

[daggett]

I'm voting for the vacum hose. wow when thats fixed what a difference it makes

[Scooter79]

Have you checked for an error code yet? I had a similar problem where just out of the blue it would idle at 2000rpm. I got an error code and when I looked up the code it was a faulty TPS or throttle position sensor (located on the throttle body). This may not be your problem but at least check for error codes first.

[Baldric]

no ones played with the tune recently ?

[-Michael-]

is the TPS something I can clean or does it ned replacing?

[WogBoyz]

Nah man the IAC is the one u can clean

Once TPS is playing up gotta buy a new one

[VTmadS1]

is the TPS something I can clean or does it ned replacing?

i bet 10,000 dollars baised on the description that its the vaccum hose, ive had this exact problem, was skitzing out because i haddent touched the engine and all of a sudden the case was shaking, ideling like crazy and the engien light coming on before stalling. the vaccume host fell out of its boot somehow

[-Michael-]

FIXED!

this was unplugged lol

[fitz_vt]

FIXED!

this was unplugged lol

just saying....... thought it was a vacuum hose lol.