Poor idle in gear, continued

[jsgold]

Very possible. guess I will look into cleaning further and seeing about any other possibilties. Do not know if the voltage would do this, but, that seems possible with other threads I am reading. Sorry to hear about your truck. Would hate to have to deal with a flywheel, that sounds like more trouble than I would want to deal with.

[Joshua M. Smith]

1) Locate new flywheel

2) Undo torque converter bolts

3) Unbolt tranny and move it back

4) Unbolt flywheel

Installation is the reverse of removal.

That's the nice thing about having an apprentice though; I can just supervise

Don't worry about your truck; we'll get it going right. I really hate long distance diagnosis. Not tryin' to brag, but I believe if I were able to take a looksee at it, the problem would be gone after I (or most any other tech here) was done.

Just be very careful not to screw up the threads on the IAC port.

Josh <><

[jsgold]

Well did the Seafoam thing. I am sure my new neighbors were not thrilled by this as yes, it stinks! Did it twice and then took it to the interstate to blow it all out. Seems to idle a bit smoother than before but still stalls at idle. You can actually "feel" the engine getting weaker when in gear(most of the time) and can almost time when it's going to stall. Simply shuts off. Would suggest that either fuel is dropping off or maybe something else maybe not holding??. The counts when in idle is 7-10 (IAC) and goes to 14-17 when in gear/idle. I am going to pull off the IAC and check for obstructions, and the EGR (again) in case the water cleaning and Seafoam has loosened some crud. Can't say enouigh how it runs on the open road though. I had put a cold air intake in awhile back, more for the better protection of the filter than the old leaky stock one. Really goes and sounds good for an old "plain jane" truck.