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choppy idle during warm up only.

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xcelr8n

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Jan 31, 2003
toronto,
hey guys, my car idles choppy as hell for liek 3 mins in the moring during warm up, it will idle around 1200 rpms, then cut and drop to 800 and sound like its dying... after a few minutes of driving the idle as good as it can get, (steady ~850)... any ideas? could it be running to lean during this time, I'm thinking maybe I should switch on the startup enrichment on the maf-t.
i also dont have a fiav in the throttle body either, and think that could be causing some problems... although i do keep it idling high manually for a few minutes before driving it..
thanks
 
Hey Nigel, (its Sean)

It's no big deal, mine does that too. Some days its fine somedays its bad. When my car is warming up it usally runs rich (Wideband confirmed) at the same RPMs where it runs normal after a bit of driving.

Sorry I can't provide an answer, just know your not alone and it's not really a big deal.
 
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