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Old 05-27-07, 09:53 PM
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car starts...idle drops super low..sometimes dies

when i start my car after its been sitting for a while, rpm goes up like normal, idles for a few seconds then dropps really low. drops to like 400 rpm and sometimes stalls out. i have no clue what it is. i'm taking a guess and thinking that it could be my tps, but what do you guys think.

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I have this problem as well, it occurs whenever I dont have a really high idle
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I have this problem as well, it occurs whenever I dont have a really high idle
what do you mean? i kinda noticed this problem after i flooded out my car about a week ago. any connection?
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most of the time, especially when its cold out, my car idles between, 1500 rpm and 2300 rpm

its a fairly solid idle, and it varies a lot so I have been inclined to say it is not a vacuum leak

when my car does idle normal, it exhibits the symptoms you described on startup
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alright, idk, i might change plugs and see what happens from there. i mean it doens't hamper performance at all, i just don't like the fact that my car will stall sometimes on start up.
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my car will idle normal. but when im at a stop light with it in first it will bounce from about 600-900 and if i put my foot on the break it drops a little.
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When my car has sat for awhile (usually overnight) and I start it it will die or idle very low as well. I usually just rev it a little and it continues to idle around 500 rpms or so. My idle jumps to 3000 rpm's on start-up as it should then it does this. Once my car has warmed up (after about 4-5 mins) it idles fine. I would just deal w/ it. (shrugs)
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When im driving high rpms and I stop at a light the car feels like it wants to turn off some times it does, fd driver anybody help would be nice!
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Originally Posted by thekong153
When im driving high rpms and I stop at a light the car feels like it wants to turn off some times it does, fd driver anybody help would be nice!
ive had a bit of your problems with the car warming to proper temp then starting to idle low, now im not offering an exact solution just a few pointers, first thing i would check if i was you is a dirty maf sensor, after that check ur tps(throttle position sensor) if nothing yet start looking into your air and fuel as the level may not be correct and could be coming from injectors, plugs and wires, air control valve,if none of this works look into getting the fd3s manual, its pretty cheap and an awsome component to fixing ur fd, the last place i would look if you cant find anything is an exhaust leak then a compression test
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