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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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My 4.7 has rough idle and sometime when I have it in gear backing up or at a light it will cut out. It kinda sounds like its missing, but it seems ok at highway speed. I changed the spark plugs with Autolite copper core and gapped them to .40. Any ideas?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Default RE: 4.7 has rough idle and cuts out

sounds like the IAC motor is going bad... controls the idle.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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is there an IAC on the 4.7, i know for the 3.9/5.2/5.9 there is but for some stupid reason i didnt think there was on the 4.7 i could be wrong, but i dont feel like going out to look so you can just correct me if im wrong
 
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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You may need to clean your throttle body. when they start to build up gunk, the symptom is a rough idle and stalling
 
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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Should have mentioned it has 37k miles and was doing this before I changed the plugs.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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first off i asume there arnt any codes

could be a bad coil, however that wouldnt cause it to die, im with STEVE on the IAC, while ur at it clean ur whole intake...
 
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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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The check engine light hasnt come on at all. I checked the checkers website and it doesnt list idle air anything for this year and engine.
 
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