help! SUPER high idle!
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From: Holiday, Fl
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
So i had acceleration problems and i changed downstream o2 and tps and when i changed IAC i started my car and it is idling really really high so bad i county keep her running. My upstream o2 is bad could this be a cause??
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Test your IAC and TPS. Also, your TPS needs to be "set". You can't just throw it in and it be correct. At the same time, clean everything really good. Throttlebody and sensors. Don't wiggle/turn the IAC sensor tip, it's fragile.
An easy way to test your IAC is to pull it, with it still wired in, and have someone start and lightly accelerate your XJ. If the tip of the sensor doesn't move, it's bad. Look up a guide to test and correctly place your TPS.
An easy way to test your IAC is to pull it, with it still wired in, and have someone start and lightly accelerate your XJ. If the tip of the sensor doesn't move, it's bad. Look up a guide to test and correctly place your TPS.
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Test your IAC and TPS. Also, your TPS needs to be "set". You can't just throw it in and it be correct.
An easy way to test your IAC is to pull it, with it still wired in, and have someone start and lightly accelerate your XJ. If the tip of the sensor doesn't move, it's bad. Look up a guide to test and correctly place your TPS.
An easy way to test your IAC is to pull it, with it still wired in, and have someone start and lightly accelerate your XJ. If the tip of the sensor doesn't move, it's bad. Look up a guide to test and correctly place your TPS.
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I replaced the IAC after everything else. before IAC it idled/ran fine, except for the acceleration problem. I got her tested at the shop they said bad upstream o2 and the IAC isn't reading right. So i replaced it and my idle was thru the roof unplugged it while running still thru the roof put old one back in idled fine. I will check if the pin moves right now.
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I replaced the IAC after everything else. before IAC it idled/ran fine, except for the acceleration problem. I got her tested at the shop they said bad upstream o2 and the IAC isn't reading right. So i replaced it and my idle was thru the roof unplugged it while running still thru the roof put old one back in idled fine. I will check if the pin moves right now.
That's all I've got. Someone else can step in now. How high is "super high" anyway?
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High enough to kinda scare me to shut it off right away lol. I wanna say at least 3k rpm
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So i put the new IAC back in and reset the ECU and it worked. No super high idle thank you!! But my acceleration still sucks lol. Seems like my tranny doesn't want to shift. I'll get on it it will go then when it goes to shift it just kinda bucks i guess you could say. Then I'll let my foot of the gas and back on it will kinda shift and hesitate more then go. Idk lol help would be appreciated thanks.
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So i put the new IAC back in and reset the ECU and it worked. No super high idle thank you!! But my acceleration still sucks lol. Seems like my tranny doesn't want to shift. I'll get on it it will go then when it goes to shift it just kinda bucks i guess you could say. Then I'll let my foot of the gas and back on it will kinda shift and hesitate more then go. Idk lol help would be appreciated thanks.
x2 on this. My transmission was shifting very sloppy/slowly. New fluid (dex/merc) can go a long way.
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Ok I'll adjust the kickdown cable after work tonight although i don't think that's the case . I will also test tps (could've got a dud). Fluid level is good. Condition?? And my upstream o2 is bad. it just runs so good when i baby her as soon as i give it any hard amount of gas no matter what speed 0 or 60 shell bog down not go anywhere. And it makes a weird clunk noise when it's bogging down.



