HELP PLEASE. Cold Start Problems.

[Fender1325]

Guys this is driving me nuts and I have to leave a half hour early if I want to be on time to work.

Whenever I start my car up after its been sitting over night the electronic choke wont do its job and itll die. I have to keep my foot on the gas and keep it at 2K for a bare minimum of 10-15 minutes just to get her idling on its own. Then once i start driving and change gears, whenever i push the clutch in it jumps down to about 600 rpms real fast between shifts. Once it gets a good warm up it runs like a top.

I have cleaned the throttle body and IAC.

What do I need to do and whats it gonna cost. I'm broke as hell and need this pain in the ass fixed. Thanks!

 

[GDTrumbo]

Kinda unusual symptom. Like the choke circuit is disfunctional. I want to say check for vacuum leaks but... Did you remove the TB from the car when you cleaned it? IAC gasket damaged somehow??

Do the battery disconnect/ECM re-calibrate thing to it. Still persist?

GT

 

[grthayer]

you need a new IAC.

 

[GDTrumbo]

When you clean the IAC, do you move the plunger upwards to clean the plunger face and the seat well??

GT

 

[SRT Handz]

just throw your whole car away





















j/k lol

 

[vermilion]

if you put a MM sticker on it, it will stay running.................

 

[NORTON98]

When I had starting problems and weird idle issues I found that I needed a new fuel pump...