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More idle problems


sherlok
09-01-2006, 12:46 AM
Hi, my 89 pulsar has had some idling troubles..it was idling high (1100) after a cold start, then later warm idlingwould wander from 600 to 900. It started running quite rough when idle+accelerating, with a distinct smell of unburnt gas. I took off the throttle body and cleaned that mess up, and checked the airfilter. Got it to run a bit better, but now has very low idle, at 5 or 600 or a high idle at 1600. what to do now..
thanks for any help

mmcleo11
09-02-2006, 05:06 AM
Need to find the Idle Air Control Valve(IACV) and clean it out. Known to suck dirt/oil into it and suck in too much air and the ECU tries to compensate... badly. Very common problem.

sherlok
09-02-2006, 04:49 PM
Is the AICV the black thing on the right side of the throttlebody??
thx for the reply

mmcleo11
09-03-2006, 08:20 AM
Yes, it is usually black and normally has a thin rubber pipe that goes to the wider rubber intake pipe which connects to the air filter.

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