idle air control valve problam need help

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  • onthefly
    Member
    • Aug 2012
    • 69

    #1

    idle air control valve problam need help

    Hey i keep blowing iac's could it be my chip? I keep going through iac's like there going out of style any insite would help thanx
    Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. 1985 e30 325e chipped 4:10 lsd forged control arm bushing and old ass bbs weaves. 1966 ford galaxie 500 XL 390. 1982 e21 320i........not running. :wgaf:
  • hahaitzskippy
    Advanced Member
    • Oct 2012
    • 116

    #2
    what do you mean by blowing?

    they break?
    2007 Mazda CX-7 (red TURBO!!)
    1985 BMW 318i.... beige!
    2007 Suzuki GSX-R 600 (red)

    previous cars
    1) 1994 Isuzu Trooper (blue)
    2) 2005 Scion tC (panda w/ CF)
    3) 2001 Toyota Avalon (silver)
    4) 1988 Nissan Pulsar XE (T top in red)

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    • onthefly
      Member
      • Aug 2012
      • 69

      #3
      They have i litlle valve system inside and when you get a good one you can shack it and its solid and the little valve inside keeps breaking off when that happens you can shake it and it rattles i'm just wondering if there is something else going on that keeps cousing this to happen or am i just being dumb and need to stop getting them from junk yards lol
      Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. 1985 e30 325e chipped 4:10 lsd forged control arm bushing and old ass bbs weaves. 1966 ford galaxie 500 XL 390. 1982 e21 320i........not running. :wgaf:

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      • SpecM
        R3V Elite
        • Oct 2005
        • 4531

        #4
        Dude, they all rattle
        1989 cirrisblau-metallic 325i

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        • onthefly
          Member
          • Aug 2012
          • 69

          #5
          Are you sure cuz when my car first started doing this the first one i pulled off rattled and i replaced it with one that didnt rattle and it worked fine for about 3 month's then started idle spiking and acting all jerky wile driving it and i pulled it off and it was rattling like the last one. Then i thought just like you said "mabey they all rattle" so me and my bro stopped by the junk yard today and grabbed the only 2 iac's in the yard witch both rattle and neither worked.......but the one that didn't rattle worked.......sooooo i dont know are you sure?
          Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. 1985 e30 325e chipped 4:10 lsd forged control arm bushing and old ass bbs weaves. 1966 ford galaxie 500 XL 390. 1982 e21 320i........not running. :wgaf:

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          • E30Gus
            Mod Crazy
            • Jun 2008
            • 781

            #6
            Mine didnt work or rattle until I cleaned it. Now it rattles and works.

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            • onthefly
              Member
              • Aug 2012
              • 69

              #7
              Well shit i hope i dont have a diffrent problam going on then lol
              Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. 1985 e30 325e chipped 4:10 lsd forged control arm bushing and old ass bbs weaves. 1966 ford galaxie 500 XL 390. 1982 e21 320i........not running. :wgaf:

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              • jlevie
                R3V OG
                • Nov 2006
                • 13530

                #8
                If you had said that more than one NEW ICV's have failed, I'd say that the ICM is bad. But with used parts all bets are off. Additionally intake leaks can look like a bad ICV. Have a shop run a smoke test and fix the leaks it reveals.
                The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
                Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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                • onthefly
                  Member
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 69

                  #9
                  Well i am now convinced it is not my icv just put 3 diffrent ones on and no change my intake system is solid no leaks but when i unplug my icv there is no change so i'm thinking mabey a wiring problam.............. any thoughts? Lol
                  Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. 1985 e30 325e chipped 4:10 lsd forged control arm bushing and old ass bbs weaves. 1966 ford galaxie 500 XL 390. 1982 e21 320i........not running. :wgaf:

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                  • jlevie
                    R3V OG
                    • Nov 2006
                    • 13530

                    #10
                    Intake leaks can result in no change in idle speed when the ICV is disconnected. Have a smoke test run.
                    The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
                    Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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                    • onthefly
                      Member
                      • Aug 2012
                      • 69

                      #11
                      Sorry this conversation originaly started on a nother thread i think i left out the fact that my car only acts this way after she's warmed up to op temp if that helps but i'v checked all my vac lines but mabey there is a leak in the intake i'll have it smoked tested
                      Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything. 1985 e30 325e chipped 4:10 lsd forged control arm bushing and old ass bbs weaves. 1966 ford galaxie 500 XL 390. 1982 e21 320i........not running. :wgaf:

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