Rough idle when cold after intake swap
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Rough idle when cold after intake swap I swapped to a BBK intake last week and had no problems after firing it up the first time, everything worked like it was supposed to. Then I did a long drive down to LA and the next morning the car had trouble finding the right idle, it was surging not too high, maybe just a few hundred RPMs. The next time I started it and it was surging the car actually died, but it started right back up.
After the car is warmed up, it has no problems holding the right idle, even if I have to restart it.
I used the stock gaskets for the swap, and I am using the stock TB. I am not throwing any codes.
Could this just be that I need to tighten down the bolts a bit more? I did have some trouble getting the rears torqued because I had such a hard time getting my hands back there.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
After the car is warmed up, it has no problems holding the right idle, even if I have to restart it.
I used the stock gaskets for the swap, and I am using the stock TB. I am not throwing any codes.
Could this just be that I need to tighten down the bolts a bit more? I did have some trouble getting the rears torqued because I had such a hard time getting my hands back there.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
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I'll try to reach back there and see. I was thinking since it seems to run okay when its warmed up that it could possibly be that the bolts are not tightened enough?
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Take it for a spin and listen real good for a whistle or whine. Loose bolts or vacuum leak would produce a slight whine.
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Should I be putting loctite on these bolts?
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Sweet thanks. I'll just run through the torque sequence again and really get on those back ones. It just seems like an intake leak to me since the problem goes away when its warmed up and I am not throwing any codes. At least I hope so, I don't want to go chasing down a vacuum leak.
