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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Poor Idle

I have a '99 V8 Explorer. Recently when I start the vehicle first thing in the morning it idles low and sometimes stalls. I have noticed what sounds like a quick backfire when I start the car occassionally. Today when I started it at lunch the CEL was illuminated. Any ideas on what could be going on? IAC?

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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 03:09 PM
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get the codes pulled and get back to us.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2007 | 07:05 AM
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Mason, not sure if it is... but in mine I had a poor idle because the throttle body was old and the seals on it were letting too much air in. It did eventually throw a code for that.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2007 | 08:25 AM
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The CEL is off this morning and it's idling fine. The problem seems to be intermittent (duh).

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Old Oct 5, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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Clean the throttle body and IAC, you're going to have to eventually anyway.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 01:19 PM
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Still pull the codes as they should be stored unless you cleared them with a reader or by disconnecting the battery.
 
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