1990 Pontiac 6000 idle and acceleration

Tiny
PAGANRICHIE
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  • 1990 PONTIAC 6000
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 44,000 MILES
Changed spark plugs but car still continues to idle low and when hit the gas has burst of acceleration
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 AT 10:40 AM

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Tiny
HMAC300
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Try cleaning thethrottle plate with choke cleaner and spraying the oblonghole. That 's where the idle air control is. It may be sticking or even bad. If you want to try another idle air control. It should just screw out and when you put the new one in you rhave to drive 40 mph for a little distance for it to reset. But it can also be your throttle position sensor is screwed up as well. Take the choke cleaner and clean that as well, it's a little black looking thing on the oppisite side of where the cables hook up.
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Friday, October 29th, 2010 AT 5:49 PM

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