Does Your Cars Do This

by **Solorange** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:09 am

I was wondering if this is an issue I should address. When I drive my car SOMETIMES at a traffic like when the car is at idle (750rpm) it drops down to like 500rpm. At this lower rpm I can feel my engine mounts vibrate. Also when all this is happening I do not have the AC on.

by **SleeperSolara** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:27 am

Do you have the SuperPro Poly bushings.
Cause i have that and when i'm idlein' at a the light my car shutters crazy. cause the movment of the engine transfer into the body of the car instead of the rubber mounts.

by **Solorange** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:35 pm

No I have the stock rubber bushings. Im actually not really consurned with the shuttering cause it only happens when it gets to a low rpm like 500 or less. But I was just wondering if the droping of 250rpms is a big deal or if all your cars do it. My friend who has a MR2 says that is normal on toyotas. He says the computer drops it that low to conserve gas. But I dont know if I believe that one.

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:53 pm

clean your throttle body and check your idle air control valve!!

by **Solorange** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:10 pm

Jackass-Jeff wrote:clean your throttle body and check your idle air control valve!!

What am i looking for on my idle air control valve? And where is it located? Im guessing its where some wires are going into the metal housing right after the platic tubing coming from the air box. If you have a digital camera on tap and some time that would help me out greatly. Thanks

by **BradOwens** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:13 pm

mine idles at 600 when u stop and it feels smooth. it used to idle around 750 but then my throttle body cable got moved or something but it feels fine

by **WTF??** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:27 pm

Solorange wrote:
Jackass-Jeff wrote:clean your throttle body and check your idle air control valve!!

What am i looking for on my idle air control valve? And where is it located? Im guessing its where some wires are going into the metal housing right after the platic tubing coming from the air box.

Right here:
http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=9553

by **Solorange** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:58 pm

Cool thanks Ill have to try that but I still need to know how to check the air control valve. I dont know what im checking for. And I dont know where the air control valve is on the car. Im guessing it is the area where that big box is attached to the air intake in between the trottle body and the air filter box.

by **Solorange** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:17 pm

Bump?

by **Solorange** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:08 pm

Bump Bump... Id liked to try this this weekend.

by **StockSolara** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:53 pm

Idle Air Control Valve is screw in right under the throttle body. . . My Idle used to kinda like yours and I used Sea Foam and now its fine. . . Check out their website for more information http://seafoamsales.com/motorTuneUpTechGas.htm

by **Solorange** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:33 am

Ok so I used throttle body clean and cleaned the throttle body. And then I used the seafoam to clean the engine. The car has been idling around 600rpm. It may differ an insignifcant amount when both cooling fans come on. They turn on and off about every 20secs or so. Is all this normal?

by **Nyyankees3511** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:02 pm

What should the idle be? How should the car be running with it in park? Ac off? thanks

Website · by **Turbosolara** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:13 pm

what's your mileage? try put in some new spark plugs

by **Solorange** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:24 pm

Ive checked the spark plugs. They look brand new. So I take it my car is still not running that good?

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