It appears I’m having some minor cooling issues at idle. She’s always at perfect operating temp on the highway but when I encounter traffic or light driving with more frequent stops, she seems to heat about 1/4 of the way to the 3rd mark before red.
Thinking it might be either the fan clutch not pulling in enough air during lower speeds or the auxiliary fan not doing its job.
Enlighten me oh wise ones!
So I noticed an increase in my normal idle RPM. She typically sits around 550-650 RPM at idle. Car surged upwards of 800-900 while parked. Pulled off the MAF and ICV. Cleaned it up and did the same with the throttle body. To my surprise there was no difference. Idle RPM remained high.
Read the Bentley book on the TPS and attempted to adjust it. It took hours and I never got any continuity out of 2 and 18. Eventually I got it but after tightening it down I had the same symptoms again after about 20 miles. I adjusted my throttle body cables and made sure they were perfect in tension. I don’t believe my throttle body is open in the slightest. I’m starting to think the TPS itself has gone bad. Why can’t I get any continuity out if this thing. Do I just suck at adjustments or what?
I need your guys knowledge, a 30 minute fix has taken me hours and I’ve still not been able to resolve this.