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Old 18-03-2009, 12:20 PM   #1
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when my car is sitting in gear it will drop its revs down to about 500 and then after a couple of nimutes will pick back up to 750, can anyone please tell em why it might do this?

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Old 18-03-2009, 01:47 PM   #2
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when my car is sitting in gear it will drop its revs down to about 500 and then after a couple of nimutes will pick back up to 750, can anyone please tell em why it might do this?
A number of things could be causing what you're describing.

Dirty fuel, dodgy or dirty plugs, a crook lead, dirty air cleaner, dirty throttle body, dirty IAC (also known as ISC), coil pack on the way out, dirty fuel filter.

Firstly I'd clean the IAC/ISC. Easy and cheap to do. *Many idle issues are caused by this being dirty.

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Then I'd clean the Throttle body. This is for an I6 but the iside of the TB will look about the same as a V8. * As above.

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Then I'd check your air cleaner. Give it a bit of a tap and see how much rubbish comes out of it.

Then I'd check your plugs. If you use the NGK $5 items, then replace the lot. Cheap and easy enough to do.

If all that fails then you could reset the ECU.

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If the problems still persists after resetting the ECU, then I'd get the leads tested and perhaps changed.

If the problem still persists, change the fuel filter.

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If all that fails, then take it to a trusted mechanic who can scan for fault codes. I'd be utterly surprised however, if you needed to after working down the list! LOL!

All the best with it.

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Old 18-03-2009, 05:23 PM   #3
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I've worked through that list and more! :P Still can't figure out why it's idling rough :( Best of luck with it
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I've worked through that list and more! :P Still can't figure out why it's idling rough :( Best of luck with it
ISC/IAC might be stuffed.

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dropping down then moving back up again, could be the aircon compressor kicking in and out?
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dropping down then moving back up again, could be the aircon compressor kicking in and out?
Shouldn't drop that low though.

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