what should my car be idling ,cold start, then warm up. i searched and got alot of different answers. right now it idles at 1000, then only kicks down to 800! still sounds too high.
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My cars pretty much totally stock right now and I only idle at maybe 500rpm. So yeh that does sound a little high.
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upon cold start, the rpms on mine are 1200-1500, and slowly drop over about a minute to around 1000. Once I put it in gear, it drops to 800
Once the engine warms up, idle in gear is right at 500, 800 in park/neutral
Once the engine warms up, idle in gear is right at 500, 800 in park/neutral
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Doesent sound horrible. If it really bother you, you can get the EBL flash computer [dynamicefi.com] because I know it has a different warm up routine for the computer [soon as you start it it doesent rev up too 1000, it just gets to its normal warmed up rpm] if you want to be cheap, you could try seafoam.
I would pull the IAC and do a cleaning of it along with IAC passage in TB.
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I agree, my tbi motor is mostly stock and I'm running 1500-1800 on cold start up, and when the engine is fully warm it usually idles around 500-600 rpms
