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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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weird idle

i just got my car running with a rebuilt engine. it starts up idling at almost 1500 rpms
then after maybe 10 minutes or so it will be normal at around 700 can anyone tell me what may be wrong
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 12:50 PM
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thats normal, but normally doesnt take 10 minutes to warm up
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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is your AWS still hooked up?
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 01:17 PM
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How's the thermostat on the car?
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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thermostat is brand new and i dont know what aws is
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 02:02 PM
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the accelerated warm up system...is your car s4 or s5? na or turbo? that would help as well.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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s4 na
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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mines an s5 turbo, what kind of ecu do you have? i have an apexi and it does the same thing in cold weather. it's the warm up cycle, or so i'm told. nothing to really worry about. but if you want to change it, you got to reprogram your ecu not too
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