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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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so my 97 zj idles at about 700 but it almost feels like its missing only at idle..ive replaced the cap rotor plugs and wires and the iac what could cause this i dont know what else to check any ideas?
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Old Jul 15, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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Check for vacuum leaks.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:13 AM
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Could also be a sticky/dirty injector.
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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Dirty throttle body
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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cross spark wire?
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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i cleaned the throttle body when i changed the iac...ran fuel injecter cleaner before i replacd the fuel pump..sprayed all vacum lines with jump start and nopthing and i changed the spark plug wires 1 by 1..ive done everything i could think of
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Old Jul 16, 2010 | 05:23 PM
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hmmm, the best thing to help us would be a video of what EXACTLY it is doing.

by hearing what is going on it will help diagnose the issue better
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Old Jul 18, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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i cleaned the throttle body when i changed the iac...ran fuel injecter cleaner before i replacd the fuel pump..sprayed all vacum lines with jump start and nopthing and i changed the spark plug wires 1 by 1..ive done everything i could think of
Did you remove the plate from the TB? That one needs to be adjusted.
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Old Jul 18, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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how do you adjust the plate bc i did remove it
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