rpm's

my saturn is a 96 sw2 1.9 dohc i just bought it cuz my peice of sh*t jimmy died but my question is. my saturn will idol funny when in park it will go up from 800 to 1000 or 1100 and back down it doesn't seem to effect the way it runs. does anyone have any suggestions

when your idle is high, get out and pop the hood, wiggle your Throttle Position Sensor wires, if it makes it go down, then thats your problem, get a new TPS connection or try to clean w/ electrical contact cleaner first

also a MUST do in your car is to replace you resin tipped Electrical Coolant Temp Sensor w/ a new one from the dealer, the new one is brass tipped and wont crack like the resin ones, its only about 19 bucks CDN when i got mine, im not sure what they run in the states, but probably around 16ish

there are many many posts about the ECTS, if you goto www.Saturnfans.com and goto the S Series / Tech section there is a really good thread about changing the ECTS w/ pictures, its super easy and probably the one of the first things i would try

the idle goes up and down it doesn't stay up long enough for me to get out and wiggle anything hehehe any way im thinkin a can of bg 44k should do the trick. what do you think?

What's bg 44k? Replace the coolant temp sensor as recommended above.^^^^^^^^^

yeah coolant sensor, and a possible idle air control valve. iac sensors are a common problem on gm vehicles, but i havent heard much on saturns having issues with them.

my saturn is a 96 sw2 1.9 dohc i just bought it cuz my peice of sh*t jimmy died but my question is. my saturn will idol funny when in park it will go up from 800 to 1000 or 1100 and back down it doesn't seem to effect the way it runs. does anyone have any suggestions
does it constantly do this or just at startup? 800-1100 is somewhat normal for an idle if it's at startup. mine goes up to 1100 on chilly days then goes to 800-900 after it's warmed up.