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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:19 AM
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I have tried searching but no good answers when my car warms up and only when it warms up when I come to a stop the motor will drop in idle and feels like it wonts to die If I tap the gas it will go back to running fine I cant get it tothrow any codes has any one had this problem before. Thanks
 
Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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my car does that too..... if you just let it sit for a minute or 2 it will do that.... drop from 1200 down to under 1000 rpm's......that is normal
 
Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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it drops down to 600 rpms and feels like it is missing and shacks the whole car thats not normal.
 
Old Apr 5, 2008 | 12:47 AM
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sounds like a misfire ...but that would throw a code
 
Old Apr 5, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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Unhook the battery (be sure you have your radio code) for 30 minutes, and then reconnect it and do a throttle body adjustment - maybe that'll help it out. You can also try the seafoam treatment on your car (there are about a billion posts available through search on here, about how to do it).
 
Old Apr 6, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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I have done the unhook the battery thing and still have the problem I will be trying the sea foam but I'm still open to any info that someone may have thanks.
 
Old Apr 6, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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The point to the battery disconnect is to force the car into doing a throttle body alignment (TBA). Do the disconnect, then hook the battery back up, and turn the key to the full electrical power position (right before you crank the engine). If you have your hood open, you should hear a whining sound from the throttle body area of the engine - this is the throttle body resetting its position. If you did that and it didn't help, then yeah, seafoam may make a difference also, but it sounded from the post as if you only did the disconnect, and not the TBA afterward.
 
Old Apr 6, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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I did let the tb reset.
 
Old Apr 6, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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OK - I wasn't sure from your post.
 




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