Idling problem

Asked by Jesus Oct 23, 2018 at 08:00 PM about the 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When stationary my car tends to rev by its self ive
been told its a vacum leak ive checked that and its
still doing it???

1 Answer

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There are vacuum leaks and then there are vacuum leaks, unless you went over the car with a fine tooth comb it might still have a vacuum leak. Try a tiny sprtiz of starting fluid along the engine intake and manifold and watch for any corresponding bump in idle speed, indicating a vacuum leak. The PVC elbow is a good place to start. On another note, it might not be vacuum related, could be a throttle position sensor or sensors Ed mentions in the post above.

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