Idling trouble... I'm miffed.

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Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Ah - I dont recall the testing procedures for the air solenoid... but if you connected it and all hell brakes lose, and disconnecting it corrects the problem then I have to believe that something mechanical is bad or going bad, not sealing, etc.

Have you done a spray test? Connect that and let it do its funky idle and hit that area w/ some starter fluid and see if it sucks it in and smooths the idle out....

Pretty sure it's not a vac leak as it idles fine only when the electrical connector is disconnected. If it were a vac leak, it would do it regardless of the solenoid being active or not.