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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:33 PM
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my car idles up and down untill the car is warm. ive cleaned the iacv and it seemed to stop it for about 3 days, then someone told me iacv olny controls the idle when its warm. what now?

car is a 96 ex turbo chipped p28 but i think its my car not any of my turbo set, up not sure though
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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My car does that to I asked a local shop, speed merchant, and they said that it might just be the aftermarket stuff.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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thanks but.. "1) Now you got to locate where the FITV is. If your car is 1996 and newer you don’t have one."
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:30 PM
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Vaccum leak?
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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what he said ^^ check all the hoses
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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uhm my car has an exhaust leak and im idling at 0 haha. i dont know wtf is going on it bogs a little as soon as i throw it into neutral. its not very pleasant.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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Is your iacv wired correctly. Do you hear a buzz near the it?
Have you checked your timing?

Does the idle only become horrible when it warms up.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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it idles fine when warm
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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my car does that too and it turn out to be the idle control valve. so i think u might need a new idle control valve.
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