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Isuzu Rodeo high idle problems

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1990 cougar 3.8 high idle by hdion75
Nov 06, 2006 (8:04 pm)
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I recently acquired a 3.8 cougar 1990,and can not figure what is causing a high idle.The vacuum lines appear okay and disconnecting the ais motor changes nothing.Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: 1990 cougar 3.8 high idle [hdion75] by subfixer1
Dec 16, 2006 (11:00 am)
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Replying to: hdion75 (Nov 06, 2006 8:04 pm)

Has anyone figured this out yet?
 
I have a 91 Isuzu Trooper, 2.8 TBI.
Two problems:
It takes about 10 tries to get the truck to start. I have to keep my foot to the floor or it won't start. It runs real rich until I get the revs up to 3-4K rpm. Then it clears up.
 
It does this every time I try to start it, warm or cold.
 
Once it starts, then it idles at around 2K rpm.
 
If I block the air feed to the IAS, I can get the idle down to around 850 rpm. I replaced the IAS, but there was no change. TPS is correctly set also.
 
The high idle sounds like a vacuum leak, but I have yet to find it. Don't know if the hard starting is related, but I assume it is.
 
Help!!!.
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Re: 1990 cougar 3.8 high idle [hdion75] by mzannoni
Jan 13, 2007 (9:42 am)
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Replying to: hdion75 (Nov 06, 2006 8:04 pm)

Hi. Have you figured this out. I have the exact problem with my '92 Cougar. It seemed somewhat high since I've had it (about 3 months), but now it idles at 2500 in Park, about 1200 in drive with brake on. Cannot find any vac leak, but voltage is really high to the injectors. Put in an identical junkyard brain box, no change. (Of course it could also be bad . . .). Please let me know if you've made progress or had success in fixing. Thx.
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Re: 1991 rodeo high idle issues [loganc] by mbents
Apr 26, 2007 (1:53 pm)
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Replying to: loganc (Oct 29, 2006 8:32 am)

My 92 ran so bad and after a while would barely start. I discovered that it was tied to the throttle body fuel injection. Drove me nuts, but found that if I pulled the ecm fuse, then started the engine, shut it down, put the fuse back, then did a reset sequence (depress accelerator slightly, start engine, run for three seconds, shut off for ten seconds, then restart) it went back to normal and has run fine for months.
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Re: 1991 rodeo high idle issues [mbents] by kf4cln
Mar 25, 2008 (7:02 pm)
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Replying to: mbents (Apr 26, 2007 1:53 pm)

It works............ I have a 93 rodeo and the ecm fuse trick works.
My Rodeo would rev to 2500 rpm when the clutch was pressed, sounded like John Force staging at the Gator nationals !
Thanks
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Re: 1991 rodeo high idle issues [mbents] by isuzu94
Mar 29, 2008 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: mbents (Apr 26, 2007 1:53 pm)

Thanks very much for this answer. I just tried it on my '94 Rodeo, and it worked like a charm. After weeks of tracking vacuum hoses and checking connections without finding any solution, it's finally now not zooming up to 3,000 RPM every time it idles.
 
The only slight difference is that when I tried to start it without the ECM fuse in place, it wouldn't. So, I just cranked it a few seconds and stopped. Then put the fuse back in place and followed the rest of the directions. Bingo! Test drive proved no more problem.
 
Thanks, Thanks.
 
 
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rodeo idling high by ozziwi
Dec 09, 2008 (5:05 pm)
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hi there im new here - so bare with me i have a 1991 4 cylinder 2.6 rodeo and i have been in here reading up on the high idling issues ... mine is idlying at around 1200-1500rpm and cant seem to find where to knock the idling speed down, there is one by the throttle cable/arm adjusted that --made no difference -- any ideas would be greatly appreciated
 
Cheers Kev - ozziwi
Brisbane Australia

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