Project Free Mazda: WTF is wrong with the IDLE???

Kinja'd!!! "Luc - The Acadian Oppo" (luc5)
09/20/2014 at 13:35 • Filed to: PROJECT FREE MAZDA

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Alrighty going back to the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I went back and triple checked all the vacuum lines and fittings with the carb cleaner and was not able to find a single leak. Also I should mention that the lines looked fairly new which leads me to think they have been changed in the not so distant past.

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I have already tried !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and that did not help.

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What steps should I take next? Go grab another Idle Air Control Valve at the scrapyard and give that a try?

I was confident I was gonna find a vacuum leak because it seems when the car is cold I have next to no brakes because the brake booster is not working. Once the car is up to temp it purrs like a kitten and everything works like it should.


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Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/20/2014 at 13:59

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I remember a call like this a long time ago to Car Talk - Toyota pickup with the same issue. Ray said there was a rubber(ish) flange in the carb that was often plagued by pinhole leaks. The guy replaced the part and it worked, as confirmed on Stump the Chumps. Other than that I got nuthin'.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
09/20/2014 at 14:05

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I don't mean to be so lazy, but I say if you can't solve it then just live with it. My '89 Toyota pickup does the same thing.


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/20/2014 at 14:09

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See above comment.