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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 07:27 AM
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well i did my plugs an tensioner pulley as well as idler pulley and an disconnected the battery because i dropped a bolt behind it. i did not program my truck back to stock settings but ever since i did all this my truck is idling in park at 2k-2.3k rpms which is rediculous... and when i put it in drive it pushes me at 1k and i have to stand on the brake to stop... i am about to give up an take it to a garage.. i returned the settings to stock from my superchips because my friend that is a mechanic told me since i un hooked battery the ecm reset itself but it still had the tuner so its messeded up and will take awhile to reset itself to normal well i been driving it for three days and it has not gotten any better... i am about to disconnect the battery and try to see if that works but idk what else to do. what can i do? any ideas what my problem is.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 08:59 AM
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i would disconnect and reset and see what happens first. Thats a quick 5 min think to do
 
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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called my friend at the dodge dealership he said disconnect the battery for 30 mins then touch both terminals together for 10 seconds and reconnect battery when i start it give it gas an slowly let off.. i hope this works
 
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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are you sure your throttle cable isnt off the guide that it sits in. happened to me once and it would idle at 3k.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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ill take a look then i supper i looked it everything and it all looked to where it should be
 
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 11:18 AM
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I know ive had weird problems with my truck after messing with the battery. If the terminals are all a bit loose or not cleaned really well the truck will throw a fit. Check to make sure your throttle linkage is returning the whole way.
 
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230 bucks later i have my baby back, it was the iac motor
 
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 09:42 AM
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230 bucks later i have my baby back, it was the iac motor

IAC motor??????? DO you mean the IAC valve on the back of the throttle body. 230.00? its a 36.99 part and take 30 sec to put on. Sorry you didnt get back to me that was the next thing I would have told you to check. Mark this one up to the devil mechanics at your local dealer/shop

 
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 09:48 AM
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no its not the valve it's the motor. its 130 bucks a metal piece got sucked through the throttle body and stuck in the iac motor he gave it to me
 
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 09:52 AM
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nvm i saw it from a different view well one through dodge is 130 bucks. it doesnt matter cause i had no way in telling that it was bad. no codes were thrown or i would have done it myself.
 
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