Car won't hold idle
04-26-2006, 09:42 AM
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Need a little help....Car wont hold idle?!!? Alright guys, idk if this is in the right place but ill give it a shot anyways.
I went and started up my car this morning and it started right up and went to right around 1k rpms(cold start) which would be normal...
Then all of a sudden the car drops right down to like 400-500 rpms and would fluctuate between there smoothly though. like as in the car doesnt shake or stall out, but rather idles between 400-500 rpms.
Sooo i got out and popped the hood if i could see anything obvious....nothing really except i noticed one of my a.i.r tubes was slipping off of one of the check valves(missing little plastic clamp) so i slid it back fully on the check valve and right away my rpms came back up to 750rpms and held there like normal.
I didnt know why the air sytem would affect my idle or if it even would but it seemed to fix it so i got in to go(at this point the car was fully warmed up) the minute i started to release the clutch and the idle died right down again to 500, and stayed that way the whole drive to work (about 20 minutes) every time i stopped the idle would drop right to 500 rpms. and hold there, no bucking shaking nothing.
Anyone got any ideas what this could be?!?!
I went and started up my car this morning and it started right up and went to right around 1k rpms(cold start) which would be normal...
Then all of a sudden the car drops right down to like 400-500 rpms and would fluctuate between there smoothly though. like as in the car doesnt shake or stall out, but rather idles between 400-500 rpms.
Sooo i got out and popped the hood if i could see anything obvious....nothing really except i noticed one of my a.i.r tubes was slipping off of one of the check valves(missing little plastic clamp) so i slid it back fully on the check valve and right away my rpms came back up to 750rpms and held there like normal.
I didnt know why the air sytem would affect my idle or if it even would but it seemed to fix it so i got in to go(at this point the car was fully warmed up) the minute i started to release the clutch and the idle died right down again to 500, and stayed that way the whole drive to work (about 20 minutes) every time i stopped the idle would drop right to 500 rpms. and hold there, no bucking shaking nothing.
Anyone got any ideas what this could be?!?!
