Problem with Idle?

by **Gregtrd** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:47 pm

amabsolute wrote:my car also idles at six, thats not normal? its been at that since i bought it. any insight would be appreciated

Yeah, adjust your idle

by **Ilovemylara** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:14 pm

if you mean the 6th 'notch" before one then thats what mine does too... anyone know what it should be idling at? please tell

by **Midias** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:29 pm

Anywhere between 600 and 800 rpm is just fine. If the idle is rough start by taking off the throttle body and cleaning it especially the passageway to the idle air control. My wifes Camry had a problem when it would idle too low and there was little to no fast idle when cold, just spraying the throttle body did nothing and adjusting the screw only worked until the computer corrected the idle. The fix was to remove the throttle body and really clean out the IAC module.

by **JamesT** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:41 pm

Be careful adjusting the idle screw. I had to adjust mine once and (I'm not quite sure how) the screw managed to loosen itself while I was driving...

...Trying to get out of rush hour bumper-to-bumper traffic while that car is idling at roughly 50% WOT is not fun at all.

Needless to say, I needed new brake pads after that drive :oops:

by **Ilovemylara** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:45 pm

wow lol

by **JamesT** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:49 pm

Ilovemylara wrote:wow lol

Yeah, now, instead of the screw, I have a bolt that I cut to the proper length - that way I know it won't slide down.

by **rt9101** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:45 pm

PapaDukes027 wrote: Check engine is on because one of my air sensors needs to be replaced.

Uh...if one of your air sensors needs to be replaced and you have a drivability problem (the slow takoff and weird idle) then you shouldn't be playing around with idle adjustments before replacing that. The sensor should be first.
Any time you have a check engine light and the car drives funny, no matter what, fix the check engine light problem. Then work from there.

by **PapaDukes027** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:19 pm

rt9101 wrote:
PapaDukes027 wrote: Check engine is on because one of my air sensors needs to be replaced.

Uh...if one of your air sensors needs to be replaced and you have a drivability problem (the slow takoff and weird idle) then you shouldn't be playing around with idle adjustments before replacing that. The sensor should be first.
Any time you have a check engine light and the car drives funny, no matter what, fix the check engine light problem. Then work from there.

Yeah i havent touched the screw yet. Changing the sensor soon before i head back to school. Thanks for the advice though.

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