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X5chemist 10-05-2025 07:14 AM

I've seen a similar issue on a different make. Idle up and down was a vacuum leak. Check the intake hoses for cracks past the MAF.

getty150 10-05-2025 06:08 PM

I put a new throttle body on for a while...my thought is that threw off the settings.

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X5chemist 10-06-2025 07:01 AM

What codes popped up? Is it smoking? Like unburned fuel?

getty150 10-06-2025 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by X5chemist (Post 1246664)
What codes popped up? Is it smoking? Like unburned fuel?

No never any smoke...can't find my scanner.
Got a feeling the plugs may have backed out!
Never experienced that before, we'll see.

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cn90 10-07-2025 12:26 AM

- Clean the ICV.
- Rubber elbow hose is usually cracked by now. The crack is usually on the other side away from you and can only be seen when the hose is out of the car

getty150 10-07-2025 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by cn90 (Post 1246674)
- Clean the ICV.

- Rubber elbow hose is usually cracked by now. The crack is usually on the other side away from you and can only be seen when the hose is out of the car

He installed a new ivc...no change.
I gave him my spare elbow
(I've got the same car)...no change!
We both are discussed with this car but determined to get it back functioning properly.

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g300d 10-07-2025 10:28 AM

Were you able to hook it up to the Foxwell?

getty150 10-08-2025 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by g300d (Post 1246676)
Were you able to hook it up to the Foxwell?

Searching

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getty150 10-10-2025 04:41 AM

At 4:22 I think is the answer... Valve Cover Gasket!

https://youtu.be/v-rG9UYYbrA?si=ajl0BmcHCJ0KFB_f

This guy is good.
As for me I did mine a bit before COVID...think I was in denial.
The valve cover can be the air leak itself. We'll see this weekend [emoji50]*[emoji100]

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Salty B. 10-12-2025 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cn90 (Post 1246674)
- Clean the ICV.
- Rubber elbow hose is usually cracked by now. The crack is usually on the other side away from you and can only be seen when the hose is out of the car

Mine has been running weird, frequent fuel trim codes, sometimes just dies at idle in neutral (it's a manual) with no code thrown (but restarts right after).

I was going to take out the ICV/IAC whatever and clean it today, but seeing this meant I just ordered a new elbow hose/grommet from FCP... it's almost certainly cracked or will become so attempting to remove the ICV. Prior owner replaced a lot of parts, but not that nor the ICV itself, so it'll wait until I get the new elbow.


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