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misfire on idle/ IAC problem?

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:11 am
by kidwired
I've had a rough idle once the car is warm and the car (EJ22T) stalls at stops, the misfire clears as soon as I touch the throttle. Idles fine when cold.

I changed plugs (NGK vpower) tested plug wires and seafoamed the IAC.

Today I disconected the IAC harness while running cold and RPM's went up, when I reconnected the engine dies.

Does this sound like a bad IAC?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:02 pm
by Legacy777
not necessarily.....but it could be.

Do you have a laptop and a way to view what the IAC duty % is?

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:59 am
by kidwired
no laptop, but might be able to borrow a Modus. What am I looking for?

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:19 pm
by Legacy777
If you have a laptop, you should be able to run vikash's scan tool and look at the duty %.

Mainly you're looking to see what the IAC duty % is.

This thread gives info on what the various values should be.
http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic. ... =scan+tool

You however don't want to jump to conclusions that the IAC valve is bad just because the duty % is outside the specified range. Usually the IAC is just responding to what the ECU is telling it to do.

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:29 am
by subytech
This does sound like your idle air motor to me but like Legacy777 said check it out first before you go buying expensive stuff.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 3:33 am
by georryan
Did you ever figure out your idle issues?