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Surging idle!

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tamadrummer88

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Ok, so when im at a stoplight, sometimes after driving around a while, at a complete stop, the car sometimes feels like it wants to die. Like if i dont keep the revs up, itll drop. I gotta play with the brake and the gas. and sometimes when the motor is warm and its in park and i rev it high, the car just dies after the rev's drop down. My only mods is a K&N FIPK, Mac O/R H pipe, and flowmasters. It was a swapped motor. Came from a 96, GT, my car is a 98 GT with an auto and shift kit. And also sometimes when i shift into gear, the shift locks so hard that the motor almost dies. One time it died when i was reversing out of my driveway. I cleaned my IAC, changed my TPS, and cleaned my MAF element. Im lost right now. Anyone can help me as to what to look for? Thanks !
 

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yea change your iac valve i cleaned mine a while back it didnt help 9 times out of 10 its the electronics in the peice itself so do your self a favor autozone is like around 50 bucks and an oem peice is a lil more than 120 but way better oh by the way i just replace mine but disconnect your battery while doin it to reset your comp. and its all good
 

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68Eleclone said:
Ok, so when im at a stoplight, sometimes after driving around a while, at a complete stop, the car sometimes feels like it wants to die. Like if i dont keep the revs up, itll drop. I gotta play with the brake and the gas. and sometimes when the motor is warm and its in park and i rev it high, the car just dies after the rev's drop down. My only mods is a K&N FIPK, Mac O/R H pipe, and flowmasters. It was a swapped motor. Came from a 96, GT, my car is a 98 GT with an auto and shift kit. And also sometimes when i shift into gear, the shift locks so hard that the motor almost dies. One time it died when i was reversing out of my driveway. I cleaned my IAC, changed my TPS, and cleaned my MAF element. Im lost right now. Anyone can help me as to what to look for? Thanks !
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You have just described the classic symptoms of a dieing IAC.
 

2013 Geee T

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Im going to get mine this weekend or should say Im going to order it this weekend since the dealer doesnt seem to have them in stock. Mine surges a little but also does a hard starting thing once in awhile and I hope that will fix it.
 

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if what you call hard starting is the starter spinning but not firing up the car for a sec.... start turning your key.. wait for the voltage guage to read in the middle (takes like a second or two), than fire it up. ive never had that problem since i started doing that, but it used to on occasion when i jumped in and tried to start it right away.
 

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if you get a new IAC, make sure you get one for your year as 1996 and 1998 SOHC's use different IAC valves
 
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