ideling question

[yournamehere]

What would cause her to idle at 200-400 rpms when put in gear. I've driven her about 400 miles in the last 2 days and today while pulling out of work she stalled. I cranked her back up and she would idle really low.

It's kinda chilly and rainy today

Snorkle+rain?

 

[jfz80]

I saw your previous posts on looking for an 80 and the ctr/f/r diff lock ?'s so i guess you got one. Update your sig line and let us know a little more about what you got; oh and congrats. i know you were after todd's for a while but i thought that didnt pan out, or did it? sorry i cant help but hope to see you 'round in the UC section and some events, be sure not to miss the cullawhee trip its only an hour away from you.

 

[KliersLC]

A search for Idling problems would reveal a wealth of information, but as always the first thing to check is the intake hose. See if it has any cracks. This is now the 11,000th thread with this info. Oh well.

 

[yournamehere]

A search for Idling problems would reveal a wealth of information, but as always the first thing to check is the intake hose. See if it has any cracks. This is now the 11,000th thread with this info. Oh well.

Aww crap. I thought I was special. intake hose huh? Will do.

 

[Lka1988]

intake hose huh? Will do.

Yeah, sometimes it tears and creates a nasty vacuum leak. (Edit: Even with all the duct tape, it still leaked. I replaced it.)

 

[KliersLC]

Welcome, BTW,

lets see some pics!

It seems like idleling problems are usually traced to a couple common things.

the winner for repeats is the intake hose, people tend to crack it when changing the air filter without removing the hose.

After that it could be a burnt harness by the EGR valve, or just a dirty throttle body. Sometimes after the battery is disco'd the computer has a hard time relearning, but that goes away after a few starts.

Tape seems to work good for some people, but don't use silicone on the inside of the tape. I did this on a Camry once, and a few years later the silicon got sucked down the throttle body and jammed it at about half throttle......

 

[yournamehere]

I found the source for the ideling issue. It was a tube from the top of the valve cover (just in front of the air tube) to the near the top of the IAC. I electric taped it and got some screw typr hose clamps. Wooooooo Hooooooooo.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.