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Re: bad start,weird idle #1116278 12/06/04 03:15 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 82 Wisconsin, USA J JohnHoward CEG\'er
JohnHoward CEG\'er J Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 82 Wisconsin, USA	Originally posted by tiv: Originally posted by JohnHoward: The Contour IAC is $189? $66.99 at autozone. It's a hell of a project to replace it. Just cleaning it might help, I recommend replacing it though since you don't want to work on it again anytime soon... T. The IAC Autozone price is a relief but I'm not surprised it's hard to replace. I haven't even located the PVC valve yet. The new one is riding in the backseat. In spring I plan to replace the IAC as I have the bad idle problem too. 1995 Contour GL "GEX" 2.0 Liter 4-banger ATX 162,500 miles Stock except for two '89 Tempo wheel covers & two VERY COOL cosmic looking '76 Toyota Corona wheel cover Full size spare No rust Green Purchase price: $500

Re: bad start,weird idle #1116279 12/06/04 03:17 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 82 Wisconsin, USA J JohnHoward CEG\'er
JohnHoward CEG\'er J Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 82 Wisconsin, USA	Originally posted by WestCoastAjax: Originally posted by JohnHoward: The Contour IAC is $189? Wow! You in the great white north? The Wisconsin bottom of it. And it is white out there with another couple inches overnight.... 1995 Contour GL "GEX" 2.0 Liter 4-banger ATX 162,500 miles Stock except for two '89 Tempo wheel covers & two VERY COOL cosmic looking '76 Toyota Corona wheel cover Full size spare No rust Green Purchase price: $500

Re: bad start,weird idle #1116280 12/06/04 09:10 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,725 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Chica... H HITMANinMI Hard-core CEG\'er
HITMANinMI Hard-core CEG\'er H Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,725 Grand Rapids, Michigan - Chica...	Originally posted by JohnHoward: Originally posted by tiv: Originally posted by JohnHoward: The Contour IAC is $189? $66.99 at autozone. It's a hell of a project to replace it. Just cleaning it might help, I recommend replacing it though since you don't want to work on it again anytime soon... T. The IAC Autozone price is a relief but I'm not surprised it's hard to replace. I haven't even located the PVC valve yet. The new one is riding in the backseat. In spring I plan to replace the IAC as I have the bad idle problem too. Plan on buying a set of car ramps unless you want to remove the intake whe you replace the IAC valve. It is located near the intake manifold. The PCV valve HowTo is here Click

Re: bad start,weird idle #1116281 12/08/04 07:13 PM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 97 Long Beach City(north side), C... 7 77Transam95GL OP CEG\'er
OP 77Transam95GL CEG\'er 7 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 97 Long Beach City(north side), C...	hi guys...good news(for me anyway)..my car finally doesnt have a bad start anymore. I'm not sure if is the temp, because it is a lil colder now in southern cali, but all i did was reset my ECU after i had my exhuast work done. When looking at the Cat i found that it was all broken inside and the peices where blocking off were the exhaust has to travel. I wanted a simple fix so i gutted the cat, ill just put another universal cat along the new exhuast a lil later for the smog check. I didnt want to post this the first time, i waited a week, and now my car starts fine. Just telling you guys what worked for me, its really cool having my car just start up in the morning time with out any stumble or it turing off. ~ Fastest 95 Gl Atx Zetec in Long Beach ~ "Who would ever spend their money on a car that can't get 200hp N/A" ~ Slowest High Performance Car and Proud of it! ~

Re: bad start,weird idle #1116282 12/09/04 05:37 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 862 9 96mercury Veteran CEG\'er
96mercury Veteran CEG\'er 9 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 862	Most likely it was the bad cat, if you reset the computer at the same time. ATX MTX swap, rear drum disc swap, drilled rotors, ported intake, optim throttle body, CAI, 7.5L MAF, adj. fuel regulator, longtube headers, underdrive pulley, no EGR, low inpedence bigger injectors, 2002 Focus Swap

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