For all those with idle problems

[Haccord21]

Thank god for this thread. Ive been pissed off at my car for the whole day. I took out the butterflies from the iab plate and i threw on a 65mm bored tb. And the upper plenum off my dohc f20a. And it ran like complete shit. (still is) Tomorow i will be doing all that has been done by you guys. Is this thread a sticky yet or what?

[cb7_07]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.....that valve is expensive and before anyone goes out to buy a new valve try to tighten it first. Open up the top of the valve and put a screwdriver into one of the cuts on either side of the valve and turn it clockwise in order to see if its loose. It should be tight. I used two screwdrivers- one in each cut and turned them both at the same time.

this helped!!! i have no more idle problems!! woot woot!!

[JDMJohn]

Does anyone have the picture of the IM that was used by the OP? It's not up there anymore and I need it to fix my problem. Thanks.

[lazarro]

thanks

well i did what you said and bam there it is fix my problem

[Chicano2005]

i had/have this problem with my idle. it idle at 200 sometimes less. then i sent it to my mechanic to do work on the engine. he sugested to raise my idle i said OK. so then he raised it and it was around 800 and then it would raise and fall again. this lasted for like a month. now my idle its back where it started. it doesnt bother me at all. but is there seriously something wrong with my car?? PIC BELOW!

[bcjammerx]

did you read the thread and try all the items mentioned?

More than likey though sounds like a bad IACV...as the FITV I believe is responsible for cold starts and IACV is responsible for warmed up running.

[chronicponic]

when you say delayed start, as in you hit the key and it wont start right off, takes a second key turn? mine has been doing that alot lately..

[soLongDuckDong]

my car is surging like crazy im going to try turning those screws u guys are talkin about, still some pix would be nice, not those red "x"s

[megarock15]

i had/have this problem with my idle. it idle at 200 sometimes less. then i sent it to my mechanic to do work on the engine. he sugested to raise my idle i said OK. so then he raised it and it was around 800 and then it would raise and fall again. this lasted for like a month. now my idle its back where it started. it doesnt bother me at all. but is there seriously something wrong with my car?? PIC BELOW!

so have you found a fix fopr this yet or at least a reason for this cuz my cb7 is doin the same and has actualy stalled out on the road when coming to a stop. when in neutral it idles right around 100 200 rpms

but it seems like the engine was stil somewhat running just super uber slow cuz i just turned the key for not even a half a sec and it started right back up

it didnt seem to even have to turn over

[bcjammerx]

did you adjust your idle via idle screw?

[prophetnite]

cleaned out the IACV, instantly perfect.

[JDMPR]

My crap has a rough idle and when I turn the lights on it gets worse, maybe its the alternator?

[JDMPR]

I checked the fast idle valve and its tight, this morning it did the weirdest thing, turned it on and it idled up then down and turned off. It did it 4 times then it stablized like normal. I think im gonna clean out the throttle body and see if that works

[P3dr0]

THANK YOU!!!! that idle was annoying as hell

[92accordcb7ex]

how would i go about adjusting the fitv if i have bypassed the coolant lines on it? i have a h22a btw. im not gonna go talking about how my idle is surging cause thats been covered a million times and then some.