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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:19 PM
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my car is idiling at 1000 rpm is that normal. Just wonderin, thank you in advance
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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Is the car new to you? If so, it's possible that the previous owner had the idle raised by the dealer to prevent rough idle. If not, is the car at operating temperature, or does it only do this when you first start the car. Did it just start doing this or has it always done it. How long has it been doing this? What changed since it started doing this.....

questions, questions....
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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maybe the throttle body's all greased up and closed.. but that usually don't happen on newer cars.. you may have a vaccum leak, but that usually get your idle to 1500ish. .7k is normal.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by kcobean
Is the car new to you? If so, it's possible that the previous owner had the idle raised by the dealer to prevent rough idle. If not, is the car at operating temperature, or does it only do this when you first start the car. Did it just start doing this or has it always done it. How long has it been doing this? What changed since it started doing this.....

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lol, Where did you come from? Who is your father?
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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lol, Where did you come from? Who is your father?
.....It's the curse of being an IT professional.....I immediately go into troubleshooting mode when given a problem and NO detail.
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 08:55 AM
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It doesn't sound like a problem. Even an intake will lower your idle. Kelly's probably right, if you purchased your Z with mods then it's likely that person raised his Idle.
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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I think 500-1000 idle could be normal on an 03-06 Z depending on various factors. Usually it is somewhere in the middle, but I don't think 1000 would hurt a thing...
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 09:28 AM
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Yeah, it's definitely not "bad" for the car unless it is a sign of a vacuum leak as Cannysage suggested (i.e. engine is getting air that is not being metered via the MAF/throttle-body). If that were the case, I'd want to fix it. If not, it's fine, but it's not the stock idle setting for the car at operating temperature.
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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soeey its an 06
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