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jeff1414

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everytime I come to stop my idle gets ruff and drops a little bit. I replaced my iac a month ago along with a new k&n. And it still does it. My rpms don't drop as low now but it seems like my idle is a little ruffer. Is there anything else I can do to fix that problem or just forget it
Jeff
 

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I think what youre describing is normal, mine does it, always has. How low does it actually drop?
 

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Time for Idle adjustment. I shall send you to this Mustangworld.com throttle body article.
 

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sometimes it won't do it. Then some times it will go down for 1/2 second and other times a whole second. But every time I stop it always is idling ruff like the idle is to low or something i don't know what to do and it just runs slugglish
 

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i have to change the tb. I don't know about that. I won't think that would be the problem. or can you adjust the idle on the tb
 

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try cleaning out the MAF sensor. it could be dirty. that'll definatly cause random dipping in idle, it happened to me. try some dielectric cleaner on it (if u can actually remove the torx screws and brush the dirt/oil off the 2 wires then whats more effective). hope this helps
 
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