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hello i have a 1986 acura legend and it stops running at stop signs after its been running a while like all drive 8 or 10 miles on the freeway get off and 2 or 3 stop signs it will idle down and shut off ?????

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1986 Acura legend 2.5l v6

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Submitted: 1377 days and 17 hours ago.
Category: Car
Value: $8
Status: AWAITING CUSTOMER ACTION

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STALLING AND DIRTY THROTTLE BODY


You may have a bad IAC ( idle air control) but try cleaning the throttle body first. Remove the intake snorkal, have someone hold the throttle wide open for you and scrub the back side of the throttle plate and surrounding bore with an old tooth brush and some carb cleaner. Be sure to spray some into the small holes next to the throttle plate. That should help stabilize the idle. If it still stalls, replace the IAC.

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Answered: 2/13/2006

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