In the pic.. im pointing at 2 things that i think could be the Cold idle control valve.... which one is it? How do i open and adjust it..? Im told there are 2 screws, i see none. Im also told that some people (EX) dont have that black box thing on top of the thing with the arrow on the left.....?

thanks
Sean

I have surging idle BTW- thats why im doing this. Im now told that the arrows below are poiting to the EGR valve and Fuel pressure regulator. WHere is the Cold Idle Control!!!??

 

it is the valve on the bottom of the throttle body assembly.

clean the egr and port for it before replacing... not always ness to replace and they are kinda pricey for egr's.

I have an ex and no black box.

 

so your saying its the gold thing in the left arrow? Or what? Im not replacing it... it just needs to be adjusted.

 

it is the black thing on the back of the intake manifold.

 

got it?

 

it should be on teh bottom of the throttle body and ahve a coolant line going into it and then out to the iacv on the back of the manifold.
i haave enver hearad of them being adjustable at all though since the only screws i have seen on them are the mounting bolts and the ones that hold the cap on the end of it.

 

unless he's talking about the idle air control valve, theres actually an allen head screw on the valve body. ive read somehwere about somebody actually tightening that screw up but ive never tried it myself.. and its the valve on the backside of the manifold with a plug

 

if ur car idle is jumping up and down when stopped thats ur idle air control like someone mensioned before... i have the same problem

 

I am refering to the fast idle air vavle under the tb... thats what causes the bouncing idle in some cases.

also if you have a coolant bypass crap mod... that will do it too.

 

look up the bypass mod on accordinglydone.com


also the part you are refering to is called the FIV fast idle valve it cannot be adjusted it can simply be replaced or bypassed. The IAC idle air control is on the back of the intake manifold, the TB idler screw is on top of the TB and the canister purge selnoid is a black canister on the firewall attacted the the TB top via vacum hose.

here you go peeps.



Modified by ArchAngel Sabastian at 6:04 PM 9/22/2003

 

what are the symptoms of a canister purge solenoid going bad

 

shity idle ( however idle will not roam/search)
loss of low end power/torque

 

the guy whos telling me to adjust this is a Honda tech for a honda dealer.... he says the cap comes off and the plastic insert inside needs to be turned. So until i find this, i wont give up.

 

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cap comes off what? your kinda confusing me i dont care who honda tech slaker tells your anything the FIV and IAC are non adjustable end of story.

 

yes ur right... he supposedly thought i had a 93.... after telling him twice it was a 94..... so..... what else could be doing this? I checked coolant, looks full. there is nothing in the engine bay that is disconnected... ive looked and looked and looked.

 

take the Fast Idle Control valve off the bottom of the throttle body
place a business card over the face of it and punch 3 holes in it for the bolts to go back through
put gasket sealer all over the card
put the assembly back on sealing the FIC off

 

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FIC=FIV in case that confused anyone a thin business card may possibly not seal good as well as the card itself could get wet and tear...


you could just as easily remove the FIV/FIC reroute the coolant straight back to the IAC ( just get a two ft hose and cut accordingly ) then go to your local hardware store and get a hubcap/ plate cap this is what i used, the bypass cost me 1.24 when i was finished. ill try and find a picture of the cap i basically just took the TB off and took it the hardware store with me to find something that fit snug in the hole it been working for me for over a year now.

"Decorative Hub Cap Pushnut 5/16in I got it from Westlake Hardware or Ace Hardware and thier part number for it No. HPN - 49834 "

 

WOOHOO!! that's my pic!

 

my freind fiv just rusted out damn 80 to replace at honda

 

the FIV is pointless unless you live in northern russian or some polar ice cap.

 

why do u want to adjust the cold idle valve for??? like my car idles erratically until it reaches operatig temprature then it idles normally.. hey when im at a stop white smoke comes outmy exhaust whats that?? wheni drivethe nothing. no smoke.. wierd huh?