08-05-2009, 08:57 PM
Maeng, thanks for the preliminary info, I plan on picking up that book. I'd love to talk suspension stuff if/when I can budget for that (hopefully soon)
Evan, I like the RX8 knob, and wouldn't mind picking one up, I just have to figure out how to get this one off! I like the console/storage idea too, something to look in to
Shea, thats awesome, I'll send you a PM in a little bit!
One more question for the Miata gang:
How does your Miata idle when warm, in traffic? Mine seems to be pretty erratic. Upon start, settles into 8-900rpm idle before takeoff, but once in traffic, sometimes it'll settle back to that at rest, other times it will hover at ~1200rpm, 1500rpm, or higher. Today it sat at 2k rpm at one light (A/C off, foot on the brake, no CEL) which alarmed me to this and started my research.
This is pretty much exactly what I'm experiencing. I've found a few more threads that allude a high idle issue after cleaning the IACV/throttle body and some others surrounding the IACV/Idle motor, but symptoms with that seem to center around an idle that doesn't drop below 1200rpm; mine does. I then doubt that the idle speed needs to be adjusted as this seems to occur 50% of the time when in traffic (purposeful slow granny shifting also showed idle not going below 1k as well at times). Again, some times this doesn't happen, some times it does.
So, any ideas? Is there some trademark issue I'm missing? That first link showed the remedy to be a new alternator, I don't quite understand how but that guy seemed to try everything before that. I haven't checked any codes or really looked at any vacuum lines...could it be a leak? Bad IACV? IACV/TB needing cleaning (though this seems hard to do without re-causing an idle issue)?
Thanks for any insight you may have. Obviously not a stellar issue, I'm just OCD and have to know 8)
Evan, I like the RX8 knob, and wouldn't mind picking one up, I just have to figure out how to get this one off! I like the console/storage idea too, something to look in to
Shea, thats awesome, I'll send you a PM in a little bit!
One more question for the Miata gang:
How does your Miata idle when warm, in traffic? Mine seems to be pretty erratic. Upon start, settles into 8-900rpm idle before takeoff, but once in traffic, sometimes it'll settle back to that at rest, other times it will hover at ~1200rpm, 1500rpm, or higher. Today it sat at 2k rpm at one light (A/C off, foot on the brake, no CEL) which alarmed me to this and started my research.
This is pretty much exactly what I'm experiencing. I've found a few more threads that allude a high idle issue after cleaning the IACV/throttle body and some others surrounding the IACV/Idle motor, but symptoms with that seem to center around an idle that doesn't drop below 1200rpm; mine does. I then doubt that the idle speed needs to be adjusted as this seems to occur 50% of the time when in traffic (purposeful slow granny shifting also showed idle not going below 1k as well at times). Again, some times this doesn't happen, some times it does.
So, any ideas? Is there some trademark issue I'm missing? That first link showed the remedy to be a new alternator, I don't quite understand how but that guy seemed to try everything before that. I haven't checked any codes or really looked at any vacuum lines...could it be a leak? Bad IACV? IACV/TB needing cleaning (though this seems hard to do without re-causing an idle issue)?
Thanks for any insight you may have. Obviously not a stellar issue, I'm just OCD and have to know 8)
Current: '20 Kia Stinger GT2 RWD | '20 Yamaha R3 | '04 Lexus IS300 SD
Past: '94 Mazda RX-7 | '04 Lexus IS300 (RIP) | '00 Jeep XJ | '99 Mazda 10AE Miata | '88 Toyota Supra Turbo
My MM Movies - Watch Them Here
Past: '94 Mazda RX-7 | '04 Lexus IS300 (RIP) | '00 Jeep XJ | '99 Mazda 10AE Miata | '88 Toyota Supra Turbo
My MM Movies - Watch Them Here