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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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Went to start and the battery was dead. Jumped and started right away but now idles at 2000 rpms and won't come down. Any ideas.

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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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make sure nothing is holding the throttle plates open. I had a rubber gasket do that to me once. Scared the shiz out of me! Except mine was trying to redline.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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I think i figured it out. Apparently i left the dome light on and it killed the bat. I think the high idle was the alternator trying to charge the battery. I ran to work cam out and it was still the same. Once i turned off the dome and let it run a while the revs came back down. Hopefully that was all it was. I have 158k on it and you should see how clean the motor is.
 
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