fast idle problems
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fast idle problems
i searched here, but everyone has low idle/stalling issues, which is the opposite of what i'm having.
the rx engine idle speed is too high... almost 950-1000rpm when in gear at a stop. if i put it in park or neutual, it jumps to roughly 1200rpm. and shifting back into gear will get me a lurch. coming to a stop is not good either as the rpms are again too high and i get another lurch as the transmission tries to downshift from 2nd to 1st.
a mechanic friend tried cleaning out the throttle bodies/IACV with a cleaner, but i dosen't seem to have any effect (it was a little dirty around the motor area, but he said he has seen worse). the ECU is not throwing any CELs...
help?
the rx engine idle speed is too high... almost 950-1000rpm when in gear at a stop. if i put it in park or neutual, it jumps to roughly 1200rpm. and shifting back into gear will get me a lurch. coming to a stop is not good either as the rpms are again too high and i get another lurch as the transmission tries to downshift from 2nd to 1st.
a mechanic friend tried cleaning out the throttle bodies/IACV with a cleaner, but i dosen't seem to have any effect (it was a little dirty around the motor area, but he said he has seen worse). the ECU is not throwing any CELs...
help?
Last edited by Benjamin T; 11-10-09 at 08:12 AM.
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Agree about it sticking open. That issue happens to me and I usually have to take off the black cover on the IACV turn it and spray in the hole and that takes care of it. A few times, I have to disconnect the battery.
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx3...-write-up.html (kudos to tcheung87 for this).
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lexmex: i understand now...
i've made an error in my description. the mechanic only cleaned out the part where the red arrow points to. he did not touch the motor. i will have to ask him again.
thanks!
i've made an error in my description. the mechanic only cleaned out the part where the red arrow points to. he did not touch the motor. i will have to ask him again.
thanks!
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lexmex... i'm reading the other posts again and everyone has either low or erratic idle, whereas my problem involves the idle being too high... in fact i seem to be the only one with this problem? what makes me so special???
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My experience has been this.
When it is low, it's because there is a lot of buildup that just hasn't been cleaned out.
When it is high, it might be a little dirty, but usually the the little flap piece inside has budged on to a small bit of debris locking it in the open position and thus a higher rpm. Everytime I have had RPM (and I've had that more than the low issue since I got back from Mexico) has been that the flap in the IACV was just slightly overextended.
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i've just come back from my mechanic friend. he saw this post and followed the instructions to clean everything out, but the problem still persists. there is no CEL. he looked up the service manual online and followed some sort of instruction on how to do a voltage test on the motor while it was still installed. he says the motor appears to go to the open position with no problem, but he cannot hear it closing. he tried a voltmeter on it but the readings are all over the place.
he did not find any loose or broken vaccum lines in the engine bay. he used a snap-on scan tool on it and reset the ECU but that didn't do anything either.
i did watch him do something... he jumped some sort of fuse in the engine bay, and disconnected the hose underneath the IACV and the idle dropped from 1200rpm to 500rpm, but then it climbed back up to 700rpm with the hose still off... what does this mean?
he wants to hear opinions from here... does the IACV need to be replaced, or is it something else? if it is the IACV, how many parts are involved? is it just the motor, or are there components in the throttle body itself that require replacement... or the entire throttle body altogether???
he did not find any loose or broken vaccum lines in the engine bay. he used a snap-on scan tool on it and reset the ECU but that didn't do anything either.
i did watch him do something... he jumped some sort of fuse in the engine bay, and disconnected the hose underneath the IACV and the idle dropped from 1200rpm to 500rpm, but then it climbed back up to 700rpm with the hose still off... what does this mean?
he wants to hear opinions from here... does the IACV need to be replaced, or is it something else? if it is the IACV, how many parts are involved? is it just the motor, or are there components in the throttle body itself that require replacement... or the entire throttle body altogether???
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i've just come back from my mechanic friend. he saw this post and followed the instructions to clean everything out, but the problem still persists. there is no CEL. he looked up the service manual online and followed some sort of instruction on how to do a voltage test on the motor while it was still installed. he says the motor appears to go to the open position with no problem, but he cannot hear it closing. he tried a voltmeter on it but the readings are all over the place.
he did not find any loose or broken vaccum lines in the engine bay. he used a snap-on scan tool on it and reset the ECU but that didn't do anything either.
i did watch him do something... he jumped some sort of fuse in the engine bay, and disconnected the hose underneath the IACV and the idle dropped from 1200rpm to 500rpm, but then it climbed back up to 700rpm with the hose still off... what does this mean?
he wants to hear opinions from here... does the IACV need to be replaced, or is it something else? if it is the IACV, how many parts are involved? is it just the motor, or are there components in the throttle body itself that require replacement... or the entire throttle body altogether???
he did not find any loose or broken vaccum lines in the engine bay. he used a snap-on scan tool on it and reset the ECU but that didn't do anything either.
i did watch him do something... he jumped some sort of fuse in the engine bay, and disconnected the hose underneath the IACV and the idle dropped from 1200rpm to 500rpm, but then it climbed back up to 700rpm with the hose still off... what does this mean?
he wants to hear opinions from here... does the IACV need to be replaced, or is it something else? if it is the IACV, how many parts are involved? is it just the motor, or are there components in the throttle body itself that require replacement... or the entire throttle body altogether???