strange engine idle
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strange engine idle
car: pontiac bonneville, 1996, v6, 105K miles.
While waiting at a stop, I noticed that the RPM slowly started to increase all by itself! 700 to 1000 to 1200 to 1500 to 1700...
At this point I put the car in park and RPM jumped to 2500+. Turned off engine and turned it back on, everything back to normal.
I've also noticed that while slowly going through a parking lot, the car won't idle down but will stay at a "high" RPM (say 2000) - forcing me to stay on the brakes to keep from going too fast. After a bit, things settle down and everything is fine.
No error codes.
Any ideas?
While waiting at a stop, I noticed that the RPM slowly started to increase all by itself! 700 to 1000 to 1200 to 1500 to 1700...
At this point I put the car in park and RPM jumped to 2500+. Turned off engine and turned it back on, everything back to normal.
I've also noticed that while slowly going through a parking lot, the car won't idle down but will stay at a "high" RPM (say 2000) - forcing me to stay on the brakes to keep from going too fast. After a bit, things settle down and everything is fine.
No error codes.
Any ideas?
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TPS(throttle position sensor) uhmm this could be bad and in my experiance the same thing would happen at idol. I would definatly get it checked and if bad replaced.
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I'm weird but... when I start to have fuel problems regardless of whether I know what it is or not I put some Marvels Mystery oil down in the gas and it keeps the fuel system nice and clean (from what I can tell).
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:P I cant understand why everyone here takes there cars to the dealership, man I wish i had that kinda money. They always want to charge like twice as much as a regular mechanic. Oh and if you go searching for a mechanic always ask them if they charge by the hour or by the book price (dirty rotten suckers).
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