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Old 12-16-2010, 10:39 AM
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High idling

I need some help troubleshooting this issue. Yesterday I kicked the truck out of O/D and floored it up to about 3200 rpm. Ever since I did this the truck idles at 1200rpm and if I rev it up in Neutral the rpms hang. It doesn't try to runaway it just doesn't come back to idle unless I put it in gear. I went over the linkage and it doesn't seem to be sticking. What do the VE gurus have to say?
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Did you try to physically push the throttle back to idle when it is high idling?
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Check your idle screw it may have come loose and run out..
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Originally Posted by TLRMAN
Check your idle screw it may have come loose and run out..
mine is irraticly idling as well...in the morning cold it sounds like its 200-300rpm less.....and when ambient goes up it increases by like 200 rpm.

possibility cold *** oil in the compressor when the defrost is on.. that changes my idle.

if the idle screw backs out the idle drops.

i think your pump needs work, brandon i bet that leaking afc has something to do with it.

check the little spring on the "hat" piece ..where the gov spring hooks too...

actually get another pump...
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Check for binding linkage.
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Try to get it to idle high then look and see if the linkage is touching the idle screw.
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Idle screw is removed and linkage is returning all the way and resting against the pump.
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The low idle screw is removed? How do you control the idle?
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Ok I was wrong and thought I pulled the high and low idle screws but I only pulled the high. The low idle screw was only turned in flush to the pump body. So the high idle is from the idle screw rattling out a bit.
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