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#1661784 - 11/07/09 02:48 AM honda idle troubleshooting info w/pics
joel95ex Registered: 02/05/08 Posts: 405 Loc: texas	For all you guys with older hondas who may encounter an idle problem, here is some great info...... FIT (fast idle thermo) valve fix: be sure to scroll down for part 2 http://www.superhonda.com/forum/f55/troubleshooting-idle-problems-259965/ IAC cleaning link: http://www.superhonda.com/forum/f94/diy-cleaning-your-iacv-144463/ _________________________ 95 Accord 4cyl Vtec. 364K miles Supertech 10w-30, PYB 10w-30, M1 EP 10w-30 2005 Durango 4.7 143K miles PP 5w-30 now M1 EP
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#1661918 - 11/07/09 08:40 AM Re: honda idle troubleshooting info w/pics [Re: joel95ex]
LT4 Vette Registered: 09/12/04 Posts: 7350 Loc: Jupiter, FL	A clogged IAC will cause the car to stall while making a sudden stop (traffic light) but your check engine light will not turn on. Same thing happened to our old 98 Civic EX.
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#1662018 - 11/07/09 10:20 AM Re: honda idle troubleshooting info w/pics [Re: LT4 Vette]
eljefino Registered: 06/15/03 Posts: 10285 Loc: maine	Interesting redundancy. I wonder in retrospect if I had one of those thermostatically controlled fast idle valves on my old 89 mazda 323, thing would idle at up to 3500 RPM in the cold! (to heat up the cat.) If it could have been separated from the normal computer controlled idle speed valve, it could have been plugged.
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#1662228 - 11/07/09 03:26 PM Re: honda idle troubleshooting info w/pics [Re: eljefino]
Axe Man Registered: 10/17/05 Posts: 334 Loc: Marlboro, NY	Oh yeah, been there, done that! http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1233567&page=1
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#1662397 - 11/07/09 06:10 PM Re: honda idle troubleshooting info w/pics [Re: Axe Man]
rcy Registered: 02/14/04 Posts: 1095 Loc: Burlington, Ontario, Canada	Depending on the year, www.cb7tuner.com has a lot of good info. Somewhere on there I posted the link to or a bunch of TSBs, one of which involved troubleshooting erratic idle.
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