so yesterday i was teaching someone to drive standard and now have a huge problem with my idle. any time i put the car in gear and push the clutch to the floor the idle pulsates from ~800 to 1500 and drops back down. the idle never stays the same. if i have it out of gear it idles perfect. i tried ever variation wth the clutch in and out. if im rolling with the clutch in and the car in gear the idle stay high about 1000. i have no idea what it could be. im truely at a loss on this one. so any of you guys have any idea? thanks.

 

The idle switch on the clutch pedal (or the associated harness) is damaged.

 

would that cause the problem only when its in gear though? wouldnt that cause an arrattic idle any time the clutch is pushed in?

 

No necessarily. There are separate idle maps for in and out of gear, based on the neutral switch in the tranny.

 

MM, how the heck do you know this stuff ?

 

he doesnt, he just makes **** up. every once in awhile he's correct.

 

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I assume it's the hours upon hours of tuning and reading. I'm only 30 pages into a book he recommended and my brain hurts already.

 

and this time hes correct

 

Fixed.

 

Simple equations as this.

 

well there was that time you said "cut the blue wire"

 

well turns out it was the idle switch thingy. popped it back in place and its good to go. thanks guys really appreciate the help. and by the way this thread got really off topic but i love it lol.

 

Damnit! That was only supposed to disable the TPMS.

On that note:

ARCHER

 

What does an incontinent idle sound like anyway ?

 

Like a normal rotary idle, which is inconsistent.

 

more like this .....

 

Bigus Dickus!

 

And his cousin, Largus Anus.

 

and 2nd cousin Lipus Expandus

 

I am pretty sure neither of you is familiar with the movie.
Now, had you said "Incontinentia Buttocks" or "Sillius Soddus", you wouldn't have revealed yourselves.

 

Carry this cross for me MM ? - it's very heavy ......