Noob question....

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

Good luck.

The Green GT said:

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.

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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.