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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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crazy idle issues, plz read

alright, well my idle has gone wacky on me. Sometimes its low and car is stalling out, and sometimes its fine. i boosted the idle to prevent stalling, but then sometimes it will idle at 2k so i had to bring it back down. my iac and tps are new. ive tried adjusting them, and my throttle correctly, but no luck. also, if i put my throttle just about closed (at this point it should be stumbling) it was keeping a 1200 idle at the time. also, i am not getting any check engine lights during all of this. ive checked all my vacuum lines and they are all ok except for one section i dont know anything about. the egr. some1 told me that the egr wont affect my idle but i need some other opinions. if anyone could please post the steps i should take to test my egr. or ANY other ideas about wat could be causing this idle, it would be much appreciated.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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Re: crazy idle issues, plz read

Have you checked your time, plugs, and plug wires?
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Re: crazy idle issues, plz read

new wires, plugs ok, and timing should be factory, set it after engine rebuild and ionno why it would suddlenly go out of wack
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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Re: crazy idle issues, plz read

I recently had a similar issue. everything kept checking out ok. but the timing kept going up or down about 1* or so...turned out that I had a bad plug wire. was only firing on 7 cylinders.
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