high idle
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high idle
hey guys thanks for the replies on my first post. got another Q again my truck is an old 87 f150 4.9 300 straight 6 beater that im going to turn into a respectable work truck. when you first start it in the cold it idles good around 1000 rpm. but when it warms up after about 5 min it idles around 3000 rpm. i checked the vacuum resivor its not rusted all the way thru i dont think. my lines look are pretty dry rotted. is there anything else it could be like idle control motor. thanks for the help really helps talking to you guys!
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carb or fuel injected? If it's fuel injected make sure you have coolant going into the throttle body, that helps warm the IAC, should be 2 small 3/8ths coolant hoses going to it, for some reason air always traps in there because it sits high in the engine compartment. If it's got a carb, and it has a solenoid that pushes out to raise idle make sure the lever on throttle where the solenoid touches is clean, sand down the throttle linkage and the solenoid, it makes a ground connection there so the solenoid knows it is hitting and controls the idle. Hope that helps, Good Luck
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