Idling issues
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:36 pm
I've always had a few idling issues with the car, it seemed to be quite tempramental - high idle of about 1k to begin with, then up to 1200-1300 once warm, and sometimes doing that thing where it revs up and down between 800 and 1300 rpm.
Anyway, tonight I installed a BBTB and while I was at it, checked all the hoses for cracks or holes, gave everything a pretty good clean and made sure everything was good and secure when I put it all back together. When I started it, the idle seemed much smoother and settled to about 850-900 (I've heard that chipped engines run higher idles, this has a BBR Starchip), but as the engine temperature rose, the idle increased as it always has, until it was running at operating temperature and the idle was about 1250. So:
ICV is clean, no air leaks that I'm aware of, everything else is clean, I'd assume that the TPS is in good order on the BBTB - so that leads me to think its the blue temp sensor? Does that sound right? Anything else I can check/try?
Anyway, tonight I installed a BBTB and while I was at it, checked all the hoses for cracks or holes, gave everything a pretty good clean and made sure everything was good and secure when I put it all back together. When I started it, the idle seemed much smoother and settled to about 850-900 (I've heard that chipped engines run higher idles, this has a BBR Starchip), but as the engine temperature rose, the idle increased as it always has, until it was running at operating temperature and the idle was about 1250. So:
ICV is clean, no air leaks that I'm aware of, everything else is clean, I'd assume that the TPS is in good order on the BBTB - so that leads me to think its the blue temp sensor? Does that sound right? Anything else I can check/try?