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Jun 3, 2002 | 06:31 AM

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xviper

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Originally posted by Shamu
Xviper -- what's your idea behind tightening the throt cable as a potential fix?

There were a couple of threads on this subject a few months back. Some folks were having a similar issue as you. When they took the slack out of the throttle cable, the idle didn't dip down as low and in some cases, got fixed. They also noted crisper throttle response and action. This adjustment was doable at the end of the cable near the throttle body.

Jun 3, 2002 | 07:43 AM

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Sideways

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Are you running the spoon ecu?

Jun 3, 2002 | 09:01 AM

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Are you running the spoon ecu?

Nope.

Jun 3, 2002 | 09:11 AM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shamu
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Jun 3, 2002 | 09:27 AM

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Great info! Thanks a lot!

Could you please explain how the OBD-2 scanner helped track the problem down? I mean, what kind of info does the scanner provide that would help with this problem?

Jun 3, 2002 | 09:41 AM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shamu
[B]Great info!

Jun 3, 2002 | 09:48 AM

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I had this problem once upon a time too, when we were having cold weather. It went away unexplainably.

Jun 3, 2002 | 09:58 AM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Unabageler
[B]I had this problem once upon a time too, when we were having cold weather.

Jun 3, 2002 | 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Shamu

This is what worries me, there seems to be no uniformity/consistency as to the cause of this problem...although we've all experienced the same symptoms.

I find the problem to be more dramatic during hot weather, and they symptoms only come up when my temperature is at 3-bars???

You could try going to a tuning house. They might be able to track it down.