Idle Issue.

[05slvrgt]

I feel like this a tech question, if not my apologies.

Anyhow, I have a 2005 gt with JLT CAI, brenspeed xcal-3 tune, and a pypes off road H pipe.

The problem I have been having is that when I get in my car in the morning to drive to campus, my car starts up fine, then begins to idle funny as I pull out, and acts as if it wants to die. I park on a slight incline at my apartment complex, which seems to be the only place it does it. It hasn't done this anywhere else, and drives fine once it quits. Any ideas as to what this could be ?

Thanks

 

[Nastystang06]

So it only does it in after you leave from parking on the incline, what if you back it in or park it oposite you normally do have you tried that? that would answer the incline question

 

[wdkingery]

funny idle

likely has nothing to do with your incline.

has the weather changed a good bit in the past x days? try unhooking your battery for 30 seconds so she can relearn to idle.

 

[TonyN]

First, try cleaning your throttle body and MAF sensor before getting to far ahead of yourself. Then unhook your battery or clear PCM memroy via a scan tool/handheld device. Hook the battery back up and allow to idle for 1 min with A/C off and then 1 min with A/C on. Duplicate scenario and see if it still acts up.

 

[G.T]

First, try cleaning your throttle body and MAF sensor before getting to far ahead of yourself. Then unhook your battery or clear PCM memroy via a scan tool/handheld device. Hook the battery back up and allow to idle for 1 min with A/C off and then 1 min with A/C on. Duplicate scenario and see if it still acts up.

what he said..
although it's more likely a dirty throttle body than a MAF..
unplug the intake elbow, push the butterfly plate open with your hand and see all that black gunk built up around the walls

 

[Ken04]

then check for an air leak around the cai. I had one with my JLT after I installed it, once it got warm it must have sealed up enough to stop. If that's the only thing you've changed, and if it started right after the cai, it's worth checking at least.

 

[05slvrgt]

Well, the weather hasn't changed here for the past two weeks, just hot and sunny. And the battery is less than a month old, so it likely doesn't have any build up on the terminals.

I'll have to try cleaning the throttle body and MAF though. This may be a stupid cleaner, but does anyone make throttle body cleaner, or would it be the same thing as carb cleaner?

Oh, and Ken the cai has been on for over a year so it didn't start after the install.

 

[TonyN]

They are typically sold as Carb/TB cleaner. So yes, they are the same.

 

[05slvrgt]

Thanks fellas, I will report back in a day or two with my results. Damn school takes up all of my time.