i can't seem to find dextron III at auto store in my area is dextron IV ok?

 

No. And don't mix 'em up eiter. Sure there are no Dex III ' compliant' alternatives available?

 

You'll be looking for DEX/MERC.

 

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...arts_8130014-p

This is what I use. Valvoline makes some synthetic high mileage D3/M fluid too but it's twice the price. I've put 2 gallons through my transmission already

 

So, I've spent so long tearing things apart, cleaning them, putting them back in, all with no luck. Cleaned the IAC and throttle body, checked my TPS, checked any vacuum lines I could see. Nothing. So I disconnected my throttle cable, started it up, boom, no more high idle. Thought maybe it was a bad connection there somewhere or in the cable.

But, after four hours of work yesterday, I found that the wiring harness to the module for the damn cd changer that the PO had put in had frayed and must have disconnected when I hit some potholes on the interstate the first night it started doing this. The damn harness was blocking a section of the accelerator pedal and wasn't letting it release fully. The only way I could explain the problem to people was that it sounded like the accelerator pedal was stuck...and it was. I just fixed all of this with two zip ties. Running like a top again, just need to change my oil and do a tune up lol.

 

This is called experience. As your knowledge grows you get better. Good job!!!

Ron

 

Thanks! It was just one of those "you have got to be kidding me" moments. I was checking some fuses and relays and when I was looking down under my steering column, I noticed that module hanging kind of low, pushed it up and saw the accelerator pedal release all the way and just started laughing. It was pushed up against the rod or whatever it is that I guess houses the throttle cable from the pedal there in the red and the wiring was gumming it up or something. All I know is that when I zip tied it back up, the high idle quit lol