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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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Hi guys, on my 94 Z28, the cars idles around 1500 rpm, cold or hot. I've checked the throttle stop screw that the tab on the butterfly linkage would touch, the tab is touching the adjustment screw. Guessing theres some sort of electrical idle control solenoid somewhere? Whatcha think guys?
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 02:47 AM
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ever clean your MAF ( mass air flow sensor). with a break fluid. after i got my 383 put in and a good tune , we found that the z's idle was still a bit high. took that off cleaned it, ran like a baby. hope i could help. let me know
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by palt1z28
ever clean your MAF ( mass air flow sensor). with a break fluid. after i got my 383 put in and a good tune , we found that the z's idle was still a bit high. took that off cleaned it, ran like a baby. hope i could help. let me know
Dont do that.

If you have a tool that can log the car check your IAC (Idle Air Control) counts, thats what controls the idle speed. Fully open is 0 and fully closed is 160. Warm idle should se 30-50 counts.

Tony.
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worked for me.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by palt1z28
ever clean your MAF ( mass air flow sensor). with a break fluid. after i got my 383 put in and a good tune , we found that the z's idle was still a bit high. took that off cleaned it, ran like a baby. hope i could help. let me know

break fluid
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Speed Density
If you have a tool that can log the car check your IAC (Idle Air Control) counts, thats what controls the idle speed. Fully open is 0 and fully closed is 160. Warm idle should se 30-50 counts.

Tony.
i agree 100% you should datalog it and check the IAC.

if not a bad vacuum leak could cause a high idle. that happened after i took a little too much meat off of the stock TB

so check vac lines.

did you do anything to the car recently?
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