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Old 06-26-2013, 08:07 PM
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i was recently in an accident and my 98 cherokee was total'd. recently bout a 96 for 1000 bucks. so my first post about her is gonna be the weird idle that i have never experienced in 3 years of owning a cherokee. well she idles mint but when i put it in drive the idle will constantly slow then speed up till i give it gas. lost help would be great.


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Old 06-26-2013, 08:18 PM
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I'd get a bottle of throttle body/carb cleaner and clean up your throttle body and Idle Air Control.

http://www.xjtalk.com/showthread.php?t=10844

Another thing that helped with my low idle was a bottle of BG44K in your tank. Worked for my low idle when throttle body/IAC cleaning and seafoam (in throttle body and gas tank) didn't.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...d=280947916638
Old 06-26-2013, 08:26 PM
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thanks for the input i will get back to it tomorow

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