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car idles at 500 RPM when its warm

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Old Apr 1, 2003 | 08:00 PM
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car idles at 500 RPM when its warm

pretty much what the topic says,what can i do to raise the RPM's up to 700 or so where they should be? its a 87 IROC w/ a TPI. thanx
Old Apr 1, 2003 | 09:23 PM
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I wouldn't rely on the Tachometer competely to adjust your RPM's at idle, but if your car is idling so low that it lopes, then you can do a quick adjustment to the throttle plate stop. On the driver-side of your engine, at the Throttle body, if you look from the back of the throttle body towards the front of the engine, you'll see a recessed screw on the top-driver side corner. This takes a T-20 (maybe T-15) Torx bit. Simply screw the screw clockwise (tighten) until you are happy with idle.
Old Apr 1, 2003 | 09:33 PM
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my car idles about 550 when im in drive, it's perfectly smooth though.....never stalls...should it be higher? i just figured lower RPMs at a redlight means better gas milage....
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