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What is the IAC Valve???

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Old 10-07-2001, 04:56 PM
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What is the IAC Valve???


hey Guys, what is the IAC valve, and what does it do?? Where is it located on my car? (89 5.7 GTA) How hard is it to replace, and is it expensive?
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Old 10-07-2001, 05:04 PM
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Idle Air Control valve. It's the valve that the ECM controls to adjust idle speed under various conditions- startup, normal idle, cold idle, A/C on, etc. It's located on the underside of the TB and has a 4-wire weatherpack plug going to it. Not too tough to replace.
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Hey Damon, thanks for the info man! That sounds easy.
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