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Old 06-24-2008, 08:47 PM
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the when on Park & nuetral it idles from 1000rpm-3000rpm. when on Drive it stays on 1500rpms . if you take your foot off the gas it seems like its going to stall. what could it be ?
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 08:49 PM
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Could be a lot of things, first what year and model car do u have and do u have a check engine light on?
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 08:59 PM
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its a 98 galant ls. the check engine light goes on for 2minutes then goes off
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:08 PM
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u think u can help me?
 
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its a 98 galant ls. the check engine light goes on for 2minutes then goes off
Does it stay on when its running? Sounds like a bad iac motor.
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:09 PM
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no when you drive the car it goes on 4 2 minutes then goes off. until you turn the car off and turn it back on.
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:11 PM
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can you tell me what's a iac motor. where is it?
 
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Old 06-24-2008, 09:21 PM
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got to go thax 4 now
 
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Old 06-25-2008, 04:02 PM
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Well do to autozone and have them scan it and see if there are any codes (will be free).
 
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Old 06-25-2008, 04:05 PM
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Here is a pic

 
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