How to adjust idle speed?!?!

[DammitJames 10+ year member]

you can only do it manually if its carbeurated like my beasty 76 and 73 k5 blazer. And you would use a flat head screwdriver not a wrench smarty pants. Gl adjusting that computerized sack of crap

not true but you cant do it on that new of a car i can on my 91 jetta and its fuel injected but back to the topic ive seen this dont at compeitions but they was just idleing not driving but im sure you could make it work with maybe some glue or dum dum they took pennys and put them between the throttle body cables and their stops if you know what i mean which made the throttle body open up just a hair more to increase idle but im not sure if it will throw a code if you do this or not some of them actually have adjustable stops so just take a look

 

[c_b_ 10+ year member]

Plus

hahahaha, oh man, THIS ^^^^^^^^^

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

A wrench.

he sure talks some shit for being a newbie here ^

someone should set him right

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

a few beers and a screwdriver....

 

[*SlappinAzz*]

he sure talks some shit for being a newbie here ^

someone should set him right

Let me show you my wrench.

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

Let me show you my wrench.

id go for that

 

[I Like Waffle]

Should be a set screw on the throttle body somewhere near the throttle butterfly. Hit the gas pedal with the car off and look where the throttle arm is moving on the intake. Follow your air intake hose to the engine and you should find it. Theres a screw that holds it at a certain position, adjust it clockwise until you get the idle you want.

Throttle arm is in the bottom left of this pic, beside the oil cap.

 

[TMali 10+ year member]

why do you want a higher idle? i would make the vehicle take off more when you put into drive

 

[lil azn 06 10+ year member]

Should be a set screw on the throttle body somewhere near the throttle butterfly. Hit the gas pedal with the car off and look where the throttle arm is moving on the intake. Follow your air intake hose to the engine and you should find it. Theres a screw that holds it at a certain position, adjust it clockwise until you get the idle you want.
Throttle arm is in the bottom left of this pic, beside the oil cap.

That is basically it. On all B series/D series Honda motors you turn on the car i believe, unplug the IACV harness connected to the throttle body, adjust the screw until the RPM is correct. Turn off the car, plug back in IACV reset ECU, and then your idle is at whatever you adjusted it to.

 

[justafifteen 10+ year member]

You can't adjust the idle speed manually with that new of an explorer. It's all computer controlled. Read your Haynes manual //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Higher idle speed will screw up your onboard computer and throw trouble codes.

Unless you dont mind buying a code reader to reset the computer every few days its not worth it.

 

[DammitJames 10+ year member]

Should be a set screw on the throttle body somewhere near the throttle butterfly. Hit the gas pedal with the car off and look where the throttle arm is moving on the intake. Follow your air intake hose to the engine and you should find it. Theres a screw that holds it at a certain position, adjust it clockwise until you get the idle you want.
Throttle arm is in the bottom left of this pic, beside the oil cap.

thats how it is on my car just wasnt sure about that new of a ford... heres what mine looks like

 

[norrizzle90 10+ year member]

WOW this really helps, thanks guys.

 

[Bologna 10+ year member]

You're out of gas lol

 

[91caprice 10+ year member]

on your explorer it IS possible to adjust idle. since its still a traditional cable activated throttle valve. if you look at this diagram i got from alldata. towards the lower right corner youl see the throttle cable,and just to the left youll see a vertcal bolt. well thats the idle stop screw.get a wrench and slowly adjust it clockwise to achive desired idle...

oh,and you wont get any diagnostic trouble codes(DTC) from adjusting the idle,since its still a cable pulled throttle.now if it was an electric throttle like most 2003 and up,then youll have a shitload of DTCs . since the on board computer doesnt care what idle the truck is at(you could sit there for 30 min straight at 1000rpms and you wont get any DTCs).as long as your throttle position sensor(TPS) and idle air control valve(IAC) are working properly the truck will run just fine. the onboard computer is there to receive data from various other sensors to supply the engine with correct air/fuel ratios and ignition timing.only time a DTC is present,is when a part fails,or theres an EVAP system leak or theres a trasmission issue.