Low Idle

Sep 06, 2005 3 Replies
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I have a 2000 honda civic LX and yesterday i noticed my car was idling at about 200rpms when normal idle is about 900rpms.when cold it idles ate



1100rpms then goes down to 200 when it's warm, i also noticed when the fans kick in the rpms go up to about 600rpms then drops back down.i have a haynes manual and it suggests the IAC valve, is there anything else that could cause this.
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J

the gauge only goes down to 500rpm, so it's unlikely you tell if the motor's idling at 200. normal is supposed to be 750.

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jim beam wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:

I'll bet he's actually idling at 650.

1) Dirty throttle body 2) Dirty/defective IAC. 3) Idle speed screw adjusted incorectly.
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i'm always reluctant to recommend adjusting the idle screw because if all the other stuff is working right, you never need to go near it.

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