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Base Idle ? + Possible Idle Help for Some

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Found by accident on this forum that someone improved idle problems when he found that his hego ground reference wire had not been reconnected when he had engine work done. Checked mine and sure enough, it was not connected after the engine build. It bolts to the back of the head on the drivers side with the ground strap, so if you have had head/engine work done and now have idle or mixture problems, it's at least worth checking.


Now for the question. After reconnecting the hego wire, I cleared the memory and attempted to reset the base idle. After clearing the memory a second time, I started the car and ran it for two minutes with no accessories on, everything seems fine. Shut it off and then ran it for two minutes with the a/c on, again everything fine until the very last of the two minutes. The rpms jumped to 1500 and stayed there. Poked the pedal and the rpms came back down but surged a little until I played with the pedal to level it out. I haven't tried to pull the codes since rconnecting the wire. Thought I would run it for a couple of days and see if it gets its brain back. Any ideas on the rpm jump would be helpful!
 
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is this hego wire in with some other wires? Is it in with the injector harness? I'm almost positive the only thing I hooked back up was the grounding strap...I need to look into this!!! However, I have been all over this car and haven't found a disconnected wire in that area.
 
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It is an orange wire (16 Ga I think) that comes out of a harness directly behind the salt and pepper shakers. I couldn't find it when I first looked at mine, so I checked my sons car (90 LX) and found it. On both our cars, the wire had a protective sleeving so it was not obvious to spot. Once I knew where it was supposed to be, I just crammed my hand down to the bell housing on the drivers side and found the loose wire within 10 seconds. Note: I know nothing about this wire other than the post I referenced said it was for the hego sensors. It may be a wire that doesn't matter, but my car definitely idles better since it is hooked up.
 

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Actually I believe it is the ground for the ECU/EEC.
 
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HHMMMM, interesting. If that is true, what affect would it have if not connected? Maybe some of the wiring gurus will chime in and help us out.
 
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Update...here's a link to a wiring diagram that shows what I believe to be the wire in question. It is number 49 in the upper left corner.

http://www.veryuseful.com/mustang/tech/engine/images/88-91eecPinout.gif
 
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