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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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Ok guys i fixed my plumenum leak last week and ever since then it wont idle well once it gets warmed up it will start to die. I just read that post and read how one guy just had a bad O2. Mine are bad but they been bad ahwile and havnt had any problems. Also you can hear a whisle nosie as it starts to die like its trying to save its self
 
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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Not real good at this, but I will throw out the idea of a vaccuum leak?
 
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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no cuz vaccuum leak would make it idle high
 
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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Sounds like the idle air control.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 12:00 AM
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Why you think it would jsut mess up right after i fix the plumenum leak.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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Hard to say. but you don't have to necessarily have to replace it. pull it off the throttle
body and clean it, then reinstall. when you have a plenum leak it will dirty up the sensor.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 12:20 AM
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which one is it you have a pic
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 12:40 AM
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Its the sensor on the back of the throttle body, its the only one back there.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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"Plumenum" Haha ... that's a new one.

Like it or not, the fact that it's a "warmed up" problem points to the upstream O2 sensor.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 01:20 AM
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heres the idle air control and where it goes

 
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