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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 12:56 PM
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Default Idle goes to crap after warm up

I've got a 93 country i just traded for a paint job on the nieghbors house. 183,000 miles. I've just finished with a tune up(plugs,wires,cap and rotor and filters) and once its up to temp, the idle goes to crap....eventually shutting the vehicle off. I haven't replaced the o2 sensor or the MAP sensor. I'm wondering if these are a likely culprit or should I go to the fuel system(injectors,pump,etc..)?
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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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try cleaning the IAC it controls the idle of the vehichle just take it out and spray down th einside with some electical cleaner or something of the sort
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Old Jun 15, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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yeah, that was the first thing i tried. wondering if i need to replace it??????
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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Try either ignition coil, or possibly crank position sensor. The coil can go bad and short out internally when it gets hot so that would be a starting place. The IAC only controls how much air is allowed through the intake at idle and does not contribute to the quality of the idle.
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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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I had one that when it got warm it would run like crap. On cold days it was fine. Someone said, "Try the vacuum lines for cracks, sounds like it's getting a loss somewhere." Sure enough there was a crack in one of the lines. So I replaced em all. Ran fine after that.
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 12:26 AM
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That would not be a bad idea to check either but it rarely shuts it down... Definitely goofs the idle up though.
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