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Re: High idle b230f, out of ideas. 200 86

posted by  someone claiming to be Zee on  Thu Nov 9 09:20 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Someone else and I have been having this problem -- only worse.

my '86 is "idling" at 2500-3000 RPM!!!!

It would start, run as fast idle for a split second, begin to lower into normal idle speed, then ZOOM up to 2500-3000.

It actually idles better with the connector to the ICV disconnected. Grounding it to the strut tower by way of the blue-white wire makes no difference. However, even with the ICV disconnect, it still sould kick up very fast.

I have tried three ICVC's on it and it still zooms.

The other guy suggested he thinks he reversed the connectors for the Idle Control Valve and the Throttle Position Switch.

I didn't think I had done that, but, I was desparate, so, I tried reversing them.

This got my idle down now to about 1000-1200, without the extremely fast idle.

But I don't know if this is actually a solution. The connectors now appear "wrong" for the positions they are reversed to (pardon my grammer). Also, the idle is still about 950-1200, so, it is as if the ICV is merely in disconnect status.





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