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Re: Cleaning the IAC #648843 06/10/03 04:31 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 167 D Driver CEG\'er
Driver CEG\'er D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 167	Remove the top bolt first. Then the IAC will have some play. It is a bit tricky but with one hand move the IAC so the other hand can get at the bottom bolt. Once you have removed the IAC and installed it several times it will become much easier.

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648844 06/10/03 04:33 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,359 Mill Creek, WA L Lance Kinley_dup1 Webmaster
Lance Kinley_dup1 Webmaster L Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,359 Mill Creek, WA	1/4" drive ratchet and socket will get it off without any difficulty whatsoever. -lance Lance Kinley CEG Webmaster 95 SE, "Cassandra" 10 years!

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648845 06/10/03 04:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO M musicnut_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP musicnut_dup1 CEG\'er M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO	Originally posted by Lance Kinley: 1/4" drive ratchet and socket will get it off without any difficulty whatsoever. -lance On my 2000 the top nut and bottom bolt are 10mm. I also loosened and moved to the side the black plastic valve (?) next to the IAC to get more room for my hand. 2000 T-Red SVT, #562/2150

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648846 06/10/03 04:51 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 217 SE Michigan T TSIN03SE CEG\'er
TSIN03SE CEG\'er T Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 217 SE Michigan	I belive Lance meant the size of the socket drive, not the socket fastener size, you know his 1/4" and your 10mm comments. Maybe I'm just upping my post count here..,

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648847 06/10/03 05:45 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO M musicnut_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP musicnut_dup1 CEG\'er M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO	No, you caught my mistake in quoting the wrong post. I meant to quote a post before Lance's. Responding to your post also increased my post count by one! 2000 T-Red SVT, #562/2150

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648848 06/10/03 07:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 59 Fort Washington MD M MBR2003 CEG\'er
MBR2003 CEG\'er M Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 59 Fort Washington MD	This whole IAC thing is kind of a mystery to me. If my old mustang had one then it never gave me any problems, anyway.... How often should this thing be cleaned? If the car seems to be running fine should just leave it alone or clean it anyway? Anyone have any pictures? I could be wrong but doesn't it involve that hose that comes out of he side of the intake near the throttle body? Comments welcome. Thanks in advance. -Matt LTJG Matthew Roy, USNR, FLY NAVY! 1999 SVT Contour Black/Midnight Blue # 1505 of 2760

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648849 06/11/03 12:59 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 4,713 The Dalles, OR D Derk-xB Hard-core CEG'er
Derk-xB Hard-core CEG'er D Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 4,713 The Dalles, OR	Does this sound like the description for the IAC? "Fuel system, Fuel induction, Fuel injection, Idle speed control, IDLE SPEED CONTROL, Contour, Mystique, 2.5L, From 5/3/99 " This is from Fordpartsonline.com They sell this part for $58.xx. If this is the right part, I may pick one up myself. I couldn't find idle air control nothin'! Thoughts? Derek Scion xB 5-spd Previous: 2000 Silver Frost SVT Please share the road with cyclists.

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648850 06/12/03 12:51 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO M musicnut_dup1 OP CEG\'er
OP musicnut_dup1 CEG\'er M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 195 Kansas City, MO	That sounds like the part. One dealer told me there is only one part for the duratec whereas the dealer I bought the part from showed me the computer screen that listed multiple part numbers for IAC's, one specific to the SVT. As for cleaning the IAC, I wouldn't touch it if it is not acting up. I would clean it though when it first shows signs of a problem rather then waiting until it gets worse, like I did. 2000 T-Red SVT, #562/2150

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648851 06/12/03 04:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 167 D Driver CEG\'er
Driver CEG\'er D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 167	Originally posted by musicnut: That sounds like the part. One dealer told me there is only one part for the duratec whereas the dealer I bought the part from showed me the computer screen that listed multiple part numbers for IAC's, one specific to the SVT. It is strange that one dealer is telling you there is only one part number and another dealer saying there is a different IAC for the SVT. If you have time, have the dealer pull the non-SVT IAC and the SVT IAC and compare the two. I would think the IAC would be the same for all 2.5 Contours.

Re: Cleaning the IAC #648852 06/12/03 10:33 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,359 Mill Creek, WA L Lance Kinley_dup1 Webmaster
Lance Kinley_dup1 Webmaster L Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,359 Mill Creek, WA	It changed at some point -- the connector to my 95 is quite different from the SVT's I've looked at. Lance Kinley CEG Webmaster 95 SE, "Cassandra" 10 years!

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