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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 06:54 PM
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when the car is in Park or neutral, the RPMs jumps back and forth from 2K to 1K and at Drive it idles at like 1100 as oppose to 800.....
i'm thinking its the DC???

thanks in advance!
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 10:36 PM
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anybody?
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 08:04 AM
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anybody?
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 08:13 AM
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tps?
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 08:47 AM
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tps?

hmm never thought of that one..
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 02:07 PM
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when the car is in Park or neutral, the RPMs jumps back and forth from 2K to 1K and at Drive it idles at like 1100 as oppose to 800.....
i'm thinking its the DC???
Is the CEL on?
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 02:19 PM
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Did you do any thing to the TB? the cable?
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Old Oct 1, 2002 | 05:40 AM
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Did you do any thing to the TB? the cable?

nope didnt' do anything to it.... i'll probably go to adv auto parts or order a OEM dc and see if it works

Is the CEL on?

CEL?
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Old Oct 1, 2002 | 05:44 AM
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CEL?

check engine light
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Old Oct 1, 2002 | 06:11 AM
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Did you do any thing to the TB? the cable?
What can happen when moving throttle body cable?(besides throttle responce-for you jockers)
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Old Oct 2, 2002 | 08:40 AM
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yeah the CEL light was on....but i've resetted the ecu so hte cel light doesn't come on but still idles weird
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Old Oct 2, 2002 | 02:13 PM
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yeah the CEL light was on....but i've resetted the ecu so hte cel light doesn't come on but still idles weird
What code was it? It will probably point you right to the problem.
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