Okay guys, I finally fixed my 4month long idle problem and I want to do this write-up so you guys can try it too. I was basically having cold idle issues( car wanting to stall at cold starts)and when its warm the needle is always hunting and idle dive bombs and stalls even if you adjust the base idle. I've tried adjusting my TPS, changing all vacuum hoses, O2 sensor, plugs and wires as well as my idle control unit that holds the AAC and FIDC. None of these things helped fix my idle problems BTW.
(now the good part ;))
At last I decided to relocate my battery(for no relevant reasons) and when I took off the battery tray I noticed 3 electrical connectors that were located right near the tray.One of these connectors(the one in the middle on mine) was disconnected and I slipped it back in and voila!! all the freaking trouble I went through was solved by one freaking plug. I drove the car about 40 miles today in traffic and highway and No sign of idle drop, cold idle is fixed, and the car no longer stalls when AC is cranked at idle.
Hope this helps,
Nick

Umm... What were these connections for?? are you speaking of the ground wires??

Erich Tucker

Having idle issues like you said...

Originally posted by Wicked R
Umm... What were these connections for?? are you speaking of the ground wires??

Erich Tucker

Having idle issues like you said...

I don't believe these are ground wires(sorry I don't have an FSM to confirm) If you are looking up from the bottom of the car with your head towards the rear, you'll see the clutch adjustment device and these three connectors are to the left of that all side by side. I wanted to make sure that I was accurate on my statement so I kept the car running and disconnected the connector in the middle and sure enough the idle dropped and started hesitating like it used to. So apparently that is one culprit to an idle problem.

Good stuff man! I had that problem too.

Thanks.

yeah mine was being a royal PITA for cold start issues.

One day I blew my dome light fuse, popped open the fuse box and noticed one of the ignition fuses was missing. Replaced it and have not had a problem since :)

Sam

Originally posted by TalkingEAR
yeah mine was being a royal PITA for cold start issues.

One day I blew my dome light fuse, popped open the fuse box and noticed one of the ignition fuses was missing. Replaced it and have not had a problem since :)

Sam
Yes, the electronic B fuse is also something to check out. I can't remember who exactly but there's someone in this forum that had idle problems due to that fuse as well.
Thanks for pointing that out Sam ;)