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Old 12-20-10, 10:07 PM
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high idle and rough start?!!

i started my 87 na this mornin and it took awhile turnin over and i had to give it a little throttle to get it goin and it spat out a huge ploom of white/gray smoke.

For about the las few months whenever i start it it wont rev up to 3 k it goes to about 2 or 2.5 and when it warms up the idle wont go below 1.3 and sometimes it will rev between 1.3 and 1.7 back and forth on its own i just havnt really thought anything of it untill today, i dont have any noticable power loss and my coolant levels are good. i have a strait exhuast to strat through mufflers and whenever i'm above 4k revs it'll spew out white/ gray smoke anytime
any ideas?
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Well the goofy idle is most likely something to do with the TPS. Try adjusting it back to spec. As for the gray smoke, that could be a number of things I suppose. Someone else may have to chime in on that one. My first guess would be seal problems in the engine.
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where do you adjust the tps?
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There's an adjustment screw on the throttle body near the TPS itself. Search for TPS adjustment, there's plenty of info on how to do it. Very common problem area on FC's.
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