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97Vicious281

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Aiight my 97 GT is actin up. When I crank the car without giving it gas it just completely shuts off, but when I give it the gas and make it idle it stays on. So basically it will not idle without me putting my foot on the gas. This sucks cause I have skipped all my classes Monday and Tuesday and I need to drive to school. Gimmie some tips if anyone has any info.

 

forpit2000gt

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Try cleaning the IAC. If that fixes it, then replace the IAC. Does it run fine as long as you give it gas?

 

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This is 99% likely to be IAC

 

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97Vicious281

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Yeah it runs fine if I keep my foot on the gas lightly.

 

forpit2000gt

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do you know what the IAC is? try cleaning it first.

 

Dan_Soprano

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97Vicious281

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Yeah I'll prolly have to change it out. I was talkin to a guy on the forum about it so I'll see if that fixes the problem.

 

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97Vicious281

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I changed the IAC valve and it started right up, the old one was dirty as hell and I prolly coulda cleaned it but I went ahead and replaced it, prechate the help.

 

Josh-'96 GT

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97Vicious281 said:

I changed the IAC valve and it started right up, the old one was dirty as hell and I prolly coulda cleaned it but I went ahead and replaced it, prechate the help.

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Yeah, all you have to do is spray the pintle assembly with some carb cleaner. Just point the pintle down while doing it so that the cleaner/crud doesn't go into the IAC motor windings...

 

Dan_Soprano

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97Vicious281 said:

I changed the IAC valve and it started right up, the old one was dirty as hell and I prolly coulda cleaned it but I went ahead and replaced it, prechate the help.

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Glad to hear your back running!! Glad to help!