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Apr 28, 2019 | 10:11 PM

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Dynafrom818

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IAC motor? I just replaced mine as I was getting intermittent idle, mostly a touch high but also would drop low occasionally buy did not stall. Runs great again.

Did you try cleaning it first?

Apr 29, 2019 | 06:04 AM

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I did spray it with throttle body cleaner. Perhaps MAF cleaner would work better?

Not really, both do the same thing. The trick is to cycle the run switch several times while doing it so the step motor moves in and out, exposing more of it.

Apr 29, 2019 | 06:41 AM

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Did you try cleaning it first?

Yes I did. I thought it worked too, but that didn’t last long. It was back to the same thing 15 minutes into the next ride.

Apr 29, 2019 | 08:54 AM

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Not really, both do the same thing. The trick is to cycle the run switch several times while doing it so the step motor moves in and out, exposing more of it.

Ok. I will give that a try. Thanks!