rpms at idle? search diff. answers

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Jun 27, 2008 | 12:59 PM
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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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Jun 27, 2008 | 03:33 PM
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Re: rpms at idle? search diff. answers
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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Jun 28, 2008 | 01:44 AM
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Re: rpms at idle? search diff. answers
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
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Jul 1, 2008 | 03:34 PM
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Re: rpms at idle? search diff. answers
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.
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Jul 2, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Re: rpms at idle? search diff. answers
I would pull the IAC and do a cleaning of it along with IAC passage in TB.
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Jul 2, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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Re: rpms at idle? search diff. answers
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
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