Well, I've been off the forums lately due to the holidays and general lack of interest in my car in general. The new year is here and some maintenance is in order. But early this morning a problem arose.
A little background, for the past week(ish), I'll start the car and it'll idle at around 1500rpm, as it should. Then it would climb to 2000. Usually once it heated to normal operating temp, it would go back to 700-800 while driving, but not always.
This morning I got off a 12 hour night shift and got in and warmed up the car to de-ice the windshield. While waiting, the idle climbed all the way to 3000rpm. Puzzled and a little worried, I drive home (5 minute drive, thankfully). While driving, anytime I let off the gas, the rpms would stay around 3000 and the car wouldn't slow until 5 seconds or so of letting off the gas.
I checked the FITV and the plastic piece inside did need to thread down some, so I did that. This seemed to help, but the idle still climbs, even while warm, to about 1800. It never drops back down to 700-800 as it used to.
Any help is appreciated. Sorry for the long winded post, I wanted to be as thorough as possible.
A little background, for the past week(ish), I'll start the car and it'll idle at around 1500rpm, as it should. Then it would climb to 2000. Usually once it heated to normal operating temp, it would go back to 700-800 while driving, but not always.
This morning I got off a 12 hour night shift and got in and warmed up the car to de-ice the windshield. While waiting, the idle climbed all the way to 3000rpm. Puzzled and a little worried, I drive home (5 minute drive, thankfully). While driving, anytime I let off the gas, the rpms would stay around 3000 and the car wouldn't slow until 5 seconds or so of letting off the gas.
I checked the FITV and the plastic piece inside did need to thread down some, so I did that. This seemed to help, but the idle still climbs, even while warm, to about 1800. It never drops back down to 700-800 as it used to.
Any help is appreciated. Sorry for the long winded post, I wanted to be as thorough as possible.
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