Noob question....

[The Green GT]

Where is the IAC and how do I clean it? My car has been dying when im sitting there.

 

[HISSIN50]

See this article for info and pics with cleaning the IAC and resetting the idle.

Good luck.

 

[The Green GT]

See this article for info and pics with cleaning the IAC and resetting the idle.

Good luck.

Ok, so if all Im doing is cleaning the IAC then I dont have to reset the idle or anything? Just take it off and clean it.

 

[HISSIN50]

Ok, so if all Im doing is cleaning the IAC then I dont have to reset the idle or anything? Just take it off and clean it.

Well.................... you never have to reset the idle.
But it will help you see if the cleaning helped since you cut down a little on the adative strategy having to realize what happened and relearn.

There are a couple ways to set the idle. My personal preference (which quite a few guys DONT use) is to have the hot, no-load-idle set without the IAC even plugged in. Now even if the IAC takes a flaming poo poo, the car idles. This gives me a solid known baseline.

How yours reacts will depend if it was set IAC-dependant or not.

Good luck.

 

[mo_dingo]

if you all of the sudden get an uncontrollable idle speed of 2k rpm's like I did when I cleaned mine, get a new one from pep boys (borg warner part).
Scott