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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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my 93 civic idles in neutral or when i park but when i drive the car the idle is normal. does anyone know why this is happening? i cleaned the FITV/IACV. still nothing. is the IACV bad? i have no CEL popping up.

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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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what exactly are you trying to say? lol
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 01:03 AM
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lol the car idles from 1000-1500 when ever im in neutral or park.
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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so i flushed the coolant out today..still idles...anyone know whats going on? when i switch the gear to PARK or NEUTRAL it idles up and down, when i switch it to DRIVE or REVERSE the idles normal
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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The car is supposed to idle in neutral..When it goes in drive/reverse the RPMs go up because the engine has to spin faster to make the car move. Thats why when you go really really fast, your RPMs are high
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Try cleaning the IACV.
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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by inaety
The car is supposed to idle in neutral..When it goes in drive/reverse the RPMs go up because the engine has to spin faster to make the car move. Thats why when you go really really fast, your RPMs are high
lol? what i meant to say is that its idling up and down. im pretty sure its not normal for a car to do that.

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Try cleaning the IACV.
i cleaned that too. could timing be the reason its doing this?
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