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Old 10-20-2006, 09:21 PM
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Car has started to have an up and down idle at stops. It can not seem to find a steady idle. I have a air fuel ratio meter and it fluctuates between yellow and red (yellow is nominal and red is lean) doesn't ever get into the green area. I pulled the o2 sensors and the left was whitish brown and the right o2 was a darker brownish red. What do you guys think. I tried to reset the computer and make it relearn itself to no avail. Thanks for the help.
Old 10-21-2006, 07:17 AM
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I always liked the sound of a idle finder with a big nasty roots blower!!!!!!

I have no idea how to help you,
Old 10-21-2006, 07:59 AM
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my car does that too a little bit.. moreso now that it's cold out... might be weather/tune related.
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my idle only hunts when its lean
it happens at night when everything is on and voltage drops, with fuel pressure dropping also.
until I can get my charging system ironed out, I just add a little fuel around my idle tables.
I watched my wideband and it only happens leaner than 13.5:1
as soon as I cut the fans off the A/F goes back to 13:1 and idle smoothes out
of course I dont use an IAC so I couldnt say if this may be part of your problem

hope this helps
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Needs fuel tuning. Don't you love the change of seasons?
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Originally Posted by spoolup
Needs fuel tuning. Don't you love the change of seasons?


Can that be done with the MAF translator??
Old 10-24-2006, 10:06 PM
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I was gonna say the IAC



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