heelhead

can someone tell me how to clean idle air control, i have it off the throttle body, am i supposed to take spring out or just spray cleaner on it

maxwedge

Do not disassemble it, clean the shaft and the pintle, with throttle body cleaner.

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jeffcoslacker

Is that your vacuum leak?

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You made three mistakes. First, you took the job. Second, you came light. A four man crew for me? F**king insulting. But the worst mistake you made...

...empty gun rack.

jeffcoslacker

You must really like that car...I would have pounded it into scrap with a bumper jack by now (bad temper)

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You made three mistakes. First, you took the job. Second, you came light. A four man crew for me? F**king insulting. But the worst mistake you made...

...empty gun rack.

heelhead

only ride i got

Blue Bowtie

And if that doesn't work, disassemble it.

This is an externally "cleaned" but still non-functioning IAC:




This is what it looks like on the pintle rack AFTER it was "cleaned" externally. Notice the carbon and varnish:




This is what it looks like after cleaning but with the spring not yet re-tensioned:



This is a fully cleaned IAC, with the spring correctly re-tensioned, and just before the light lubricant on the pintle rack gear:




Before installing it, clean the air passage in the TB where the IAC was mounted. Be certain to retract the pintle fully against the spring to prevent damage upon installation.

Of course, the previously "dead" IAC (sluggish action) worked fine after disassembly and cleaning.

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