Well i'll start by telling the events of this past couple of days. friday morning i went to put my old head unit back into the car. saw a spark and the radio stopped working, i figured i blew a fuse but didn't really care cause i wasn't doing anything that i needed the radio.

anyway, that day a couple hours later i head off the work. everything is fine while the motor is cold. then when it getts warmed up it idles extremely low. and if i have been driving for more than 30 seconds and come to a stop they will drop untill it just dies. and i cost to a stop and restart it. it starts bvack up now problem. i havn;t had a chance to do anything yet, thi safternoon i will do what i know to do.

1) clean the IACV and throttle body
2) reset the idle to about 750-850rpm
3) (not today but later if it persists) run injector cleaner and change the plug wires, the plugs themselvbes are only like 6 montsh old.

right now it idles just above the first little line that is like 5mm away from zero.

anyway, just seing what your opinions on that are and see what you would do next.

i think most of you visit OT, so you know my fiasco. i know and can hear a motor mount broke or at least it sounds liek it did before when one was broke. but when i look at them from above the motor its hard to tell what i'm looking for. what would you guys denote as a broken mount. and i can only hear the rattle when it idles rough (duh)

also as mentioned above my head unit is not working. i know of 3 fuses for the radio. 1) under the hood labeled for the backup, 2) on the HU itself, 3) and the fuse box under the dash. the backup was blown. replaced that, still nothing. the other two are good. and i'm going insane listening to air music. any ideas on where else to look? i am going to test to see if its getting power as soon as i get done with the engine tonight, so i'll post back then if i find anything.

All opniions welcome, and sorry it got so long.

oh sorry, it never had the stock one in it. it had a sony, and the new one is a jvc. i'm gonna play with the wiring some to see if i can hook it up differently, i'll let you know

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no it wasn't that. i had checked all the fuses. anyway i fixed it. i tested the wiring and it was fine but it didn't have the accessory wire connected (must have gotten pulled off somehow) but i played with it some and it works just fine now.

now the idle is frustrating. on the way home it acted just like it should. i'm thinking that its the IACV that needs to be cleaned. so i'll get to that wednessday when i have time

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UPDATE: Well since the last time the idle went screwy (monday) it hasn't done it at all since then. kinda confusing to me. but either way if it starts acting up again i'm gonna clean it out. i'm just too lazy unless i have to kinda thing.

One thing that kinda concerned me (also hasn't happened since monday) is the rattling noise i here that sounds like a mount broken. well when i heard it at idle i immediately got otut o see where it was coming from. it wasn't any mount but it was comming from the belt/pulleys which i have never done anything to personally. i did have the timing belt and accessory belts replaced just before christmas. any idea what that could have been?

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