Low Idle...
05-29-2005, 04:32 PM
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Nothing's changed. Really. Car sat maybe 4-5 days (neg. battery cable disconnected) during the wet weather of last week.
The only thing I did was take out the small A/C Relay fuse and fired her up and everything was normal except a lower idle once she was warm. Even put that back in to test if it was it...nothing changed.
Boosts fine. Power feels right. Vacuum is fine. Warm-up condensation smoke was pure gas-only smell and short-lived, nothing else really.
Just 2-3 times now, if I put the car in first or reverse to maneuver in a parking lot and let it out back into neutral it drops pretty steep and sometimes doesn't catch itself and stalls out.
My Mr2-Turbo did this when I changed the BOV (MAF sensor) and it feels somewhat similiar. Need to adjust TPS? Intake filter probably dirty? Meh?
06-07-2005, 05:26 PM
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Your low idle problem could be a result of your airpump not working. You said that you pulled your A/C fuse, and it just so happens that the airpump shares the same fuse with the A/C. Double check that fuse and make sure that it's not blown or not in all the way.
06-07-2005, 06:17 PM
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[quote name='japspec' date='Jun 7 2005, 06:26 PM']Your low idle problem could be a result of your airpump not working. You said that you pulled your A/C fuse, and it just so happens that the airpump shares the same fuse with the A/C. Double check that fuse and make sure that it's not blown or not in all the way.
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Yea, I had a sneaky suspision that it could have done it somehow, so I put the A/C fuse back in but still had the same results.
I'll check up on that. The difference in air-flow seems to minor to be a hose problem, as I said, the car didn't show signs of this slowly or at once while driving. From pulling it in one night, to starting it the next morning...just really odd. May be a "gremlin" from not starting it in so long, can smooth itself out. I just started it and let it run for 10 minutes and it was pretty darn good...meh.
The only free night in the last 2 weeks I have is thursday, and only after 8:00
so I'm going to give it a good once over...
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Yea, I had a sneaky suspision that it could have done it somehow, so I put the A/C fuse back in but still had the same results.
I'll check up on that. The difference in air-flow seems to minor to be a hose problem, as I said, the car didn't show signs of this slowly or at once while driving. From pulling it in one night, to starting it the next morning...just really odd. May be a "gremlin" from not starting it in so long, can smooth itself out. I just started it and let it run for 10 minutes and it was pretty darn good...meh.
The only free night in the last 2 weeks I have is thursday, and only after 8:00
06-07-2005, 07:45 PM
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[quote name='japspec' date='Jun 7 2005, 06:26 PM']Your low idle problem could be a result of your airpump not working. You said that you pulled your A/C fuse, and it just so happens that the airpump shares the same fuse with the A/C. Double check that fuse and make sure that it's not blown or not in all the way.
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uh ??? I have been running with no AC fuse for a month now, no problems at all airpump works fine. Deff not the cause
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uh ??? I have been running with no AC fuse for a month now, no problems at all airpump works fine. Deff not the cause
06-07-2005, 08:34 PM
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[quote name='nopistons94' date='Jun 7 2005, 08:45 PM']uh ??? I have been running with no AC fuse for a month now, no problems at all airpump works fine. Deff not the cause
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I think he meant it was in the same collection of fuses, so I may have touched that one as well? Not that the A/C Fuse removal caused it...
I just drove my FD for a while, it definitely is ONLY when I am in an out of gear fast, and when I start her "Warm".
Any other time, like pulling out of 5th and cruising to a stop, it'll only drop to like 250 but then right to ~900 and purrrrrr....
It didn't stall at all actually, but still has its moments....
I'll get to it thursday....
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I think he meant it was in the same collection of fuses, so I may have touched that one as well? Not that the A/C Fuse removal caused it...
I just drove my FD for a while, it definitely is ONLY when I am in an out of gear fast, and when I start her "Warm".
Any other time, like pulling out of 5th and cruising to a stop, it'll only drop to like 250 but then right to ~900 and purrrrrr....
It didn't stall at all actually, but still has its moments....
I'll get to it thursday....
06-25-2005, 07:15 PM
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[quote name='PhoenixDownVII' date='Jun 7 2005, 09:34 PM']I think he meant it was in the same collection of fuses, so I may have touched that one as well? Not that the A/C Fuse removal caused it...
I just drove my FD for a while, it definitely is ONLY when I am in an out of gear fast, and when I start her "Warm".
Any other time, like pulling out of 5th and cruising to a stop, it'll only drop to like 250 but then right to ~900 and purrrrrr....
It didn't stall at all actually, but still has its moments....
I'll get to it thursday....
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Mine does the same thing. When I push in the clutch the RPM drops way down to just below 500 and the engine lugs alittle then it recovers back to normal idle. It doesn't come close to stalling though. My car is all stock and runs great. But it has been doing this for over a year(since I've owned it) and I don't know what is causing it.
I just drove my FD for a while, it definitely is ONLY when I am in an out of gear fast, and when I start her "Warm".
Any other time, like pulling out of 5th and cruising to a stop, it'll only drop to like 250 but then right to ~900 and purrrrrr....
It didn't stall at all actually, but still has its moments....
I'll get to it thursday....
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Mine does the same thing. When I push in the clutch the RPM drops way down to just below 500 and the engine lugs alittle then it recovers back to normal idle. It doesn't come close to stalling though. My car is all stock and runs great. But it has been doing this for over a year(since I've owned it) and I don't know what is causing it.