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revs up and down then dies

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btlfed91

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I need help. I did a h/c/i swap and now my car revs up and down at idle and has a whining sound sometimes and will die if it sit to long at a light I pulled a code on it that the egr is erratic or has insufficiant airflow if I pull the pcv valve the whining goes away and it idles better but ive replaced the pcv and I'm pretty sure its working right I have 10" of vacuum and it runs great past 1100 rpms can anyone help me?!
 

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Run through your typical surging idle problems...check you TPD sensor makes sure it is set right (.99 volts) IAC valve could be messing with you ( The cylinder on the front side of the TB) and check your idle screw and see if it has vibrated loose some how
 

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Welcome to :SNSign:

Check out the Surging Idle Checklist that's located in the Useful Technical Thread Index sticky thread, at the top of this forum.
 
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Alright thanks guys do you have any idea where the whining noise might be coming from I have checked all my intake bolts everything seems tight it almost sounds like its not a vacuum leak but maybe theres a valve of some kind half way open and im getting some blowby but the noise is coming from the back of the engine somewhere so I dont know what that could be
 
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