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High idle?
I've owned the car for nearly a year and have had no major problems than regular maintenance but i've always wondered if it idled too high. when warm it holds around 1200-1400 and is anywhere between 1000-1200 when cold. is this normal?
if not, what could be causing it? thanks, Kevin
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10-19-2008, 07:07 PM
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nope, car is supposed to idle at 950 for the u.s. spec car, you idle control valve is sticking, either clean out or replace
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84 doesn't have an idle control valve, just a little soleniod tied to the A/c compressor.
Perhaps the O-ring is old and shrunk on the idle adjustment screw, or it just needs a turn clockwise to lower the idle, if it turns really easy, try to find a new oring, or pull it out and put a small amount of loctite on it ( just remember to set the idle before the loctite cures!!)
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Perhaps the engine mounts are/were tired and someone raised the idle to reduce some of the chatter
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I'll keep you from feeling lonely. My 84 does the same thing.
It's on my to fix list, but so far I haven't found any easy fix for it. I've only had this heap running for about 3 months now and there's still a pile of bigger issue that need addressing first.
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if it isn't actually broke, i don't wanna have fix something. it hasn't hurt anything that i can tell so if it isn't going to, i'm not going to mess with it.
does that sound like a bad plan? should i actually look into it?
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after checking to see if you have a hose lose, grab a can of carb cleaner and squirt it around the intake looking for a vacuum leak
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ok will do, thank you guys for all your help
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