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Old 06-09-04, 12:36 AM   #1
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Quick, easy, and cheap preventitive maintenance
Just a reminder to folks that like to tweak and keep their cars clean. I had some major idle surges when my a/c was on and i was in neutral. I also noticed my car was starting to idle a little rougher than normal. Well i lucked out and killed 2 birds with one stone when I cleaned out my IAC valve. It was filled with gunk and only took some spray with carb cleaner. I have a 5th gen accord with 178k miles, so if you haven't cleaned out your IAC valve before, and you have alot of miles, i would suggest doing it cause it only takes a few minutes to do. PM if you wanna know more, i don't go this forum alot.
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Old 06-09-04, 08:31 PM   #2
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Um,I don't know what part you are talking about. Do you have a DIY or something that can help me?
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Old 06-10-04, 02:40 AM   #3
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Um,I don't know what part you are talking about. Do you have a DIY or something that can help me?
its really easy man, do you have a haynes manual?
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Old 06-10-04, 09:31 AM   #4
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Generic IAC Valve info

http://autorepair.about.com/cs/troub...042603a_08.htm
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Old 06-10-04, 05:38 PM   #5
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Thanks for the info everyone!
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Old 06-10-04, 12:39 AM   #6
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I did mine at 130K and it was pretty bad. I can only imagine how bad it is at 170K+ :shocked:
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Old 06-10-04, 05:47 PM   #7
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yeah.... i'm at 224,000 so I guess I MIGHT want to think about it....
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