Pickup starts but wont idle.

Tiny
JONES26
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  • 1993 TOYOTA PICKUP
  • 180,000 MILES
93 toyota 4 cyclinder would start and wont run. It turns over but wont idle. Is there any troubleshooting that I can do see what might cause the problem.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 AT 12:01 PM

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Tiny
KHLOW2008
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If you can keep the engine running with a little throttle pressure, the idle speed is too low. Cleaning the throttle body and IAC would solve the problem.

If the MIL is indicting, you wuld need to retrieve the trouble code to find out if that is the cause of non idling.
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 AT 12:03 PM

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