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B16a all of a sudden bad idle

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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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hey guys, i dunno what could of happen ive been driving it for like 2 days and today all of a sudden it started idleling like **** like going 1000rpm to 2.5rpm up and down. my idle was set to around 900rpm

any idea here is a little video of it if it can help you

http://site.voila.fr/elementb16a/b16a.mov
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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i check my sensors by unplug and pluging them back may be one could of been unplug but its not it
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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bump cmon somebody must have an idea
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:25 PM
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sounds like either a bad TPS or IACV
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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a sensor can blow up like that cayz it was working well then i had a run of like 1,2,3 all the way to the end of the red line then it started right afeter
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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Its the fast idle thermo valve, its located on the underside of your throttle body. Do a search on this valve and you'll find out how to fix it!
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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check for any vacuum leaks too. I had a bolt fall out of my idle motor and caused a bad idle once.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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yeah but usaly theres a leak sound when a bolt falls of or something ill check for that thermo valve

i was told i could of been bubbles in coolant ? is that possible lol
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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You can check to see if the thermo valve is out of wack by taking off your intake and looking at the two holes in the throttle body. The top one is for the IACV and the bottom one is the FITV. Try covering up the bottom hole with your finger after the car gets warm and see if your idle comes back down to normal. My money is on this....
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:30 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by elementb16a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah but usaly theres a leak sound when a bolt falls of or something ill check for that thermo valve

i was told i could of been bubbles in coolant ? is that possible lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

Air in the coolant could definetly cause a bad idle, this happened to me on my B16. I bled the coolant sytem and reset the ecu and it went away. I would also make sure that your TPS is calibrated, and your IACV to make sure it's not dirty or clogged. But I would start by bleeding the coolant system for air. Hope this helps.
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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look up threads on the IACV and try cleaning urs fixed it when i had a similar problem months ago
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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you know everyone keeps posting IACV or TPS. when these go bad they usually throw a CEL.

i'm going to take a shot in the dark here, but i think he needs to replace his pcv valve. when they are clogged, this will cause idling problems like the op is experiencing.
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