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Car Idles very high when hot, anybody help?

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SRsnake

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Any input on this would be greatly appreciated.

When i start the car up cold it runs great, idles perfect, and drives perfect. However, when the car is started up when its warm, it starts really rough and about a second after it starts the engine revs up to about 3K rpms and stay at 3K and the engine light comes on. If you drive it after this, this RPM's do not come down when you push in the clutch but stay the same as they were before you pushed in the clutch.

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Rerun

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Eh, I had a similar problem. Here was my solutuion, maybe it will help you out. The cable connecting to the IAC was resting on my valve cover and kept getting hot then finally one day it started shorting out when the car warmed up. This would create the idle to hang at high RPM. I zip-tied the wire away from the valve cover and seems to have helped the problem.

Best of luck man.
J.
 
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