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money pit

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congrats rob on new arrival have fun and good luck!!!!

new ploblem put new 58mm bbk throttle body in and just like every thing else in life it does not work right could be my fault idont know
throttle body will not close all the way keeping it at a high idle throttle cable,cruise cables fine they are loose when stuck on high idle seems like engine sucking to much air. no code thrown looking for your thoughts please
 
Well, for one thing a 58 is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

too much throttle body for a semi-stock motor....even a modified motor has to be "tuned" by the prom to handle that much air, IF it can even utilize that.
Its not like an old carbed motor. Even then too much carb ruined many motors ability to make power.
You can;t change major parts on a computer controlled engine (TPS, IAC, O2, EGR...oh yeah,, fuel injectors) without updating the program. Besides, the 58 is for a motor thats been enhanced in the heads, intake and exhaust... yours is choking on the overdose of air.
If the throttle plates are not closing there is something mechanically wrong with it. bent shaft, bad butterfly edge, something. The plates have to close completely so the IAC can do its job. The ECM is going crazy with the TPS indicating partial opening wile the IAC is still bouncing around. Did anyone bore the plenum ports? Take the left side hump down? Better runners? port match? headers?? larger diameter exhaust tubes?
anything to help move air in and out?

Take it back would be my suggestion.


As an example, my motor is bored, bigger injectors, exhaust, intake work, head work, and a doz other engine upgrades that I've forgotten and mine only needs a 52mm TB.
 
ya might of went overbaord with 58mm butwanted to buy one and not have to keep upgrading parts.
lots of plans for car getting price for dual exhaust,with headers monday have been reseaching about mini ram

as far as choking on air it is not it is very responsive and quick just sticking at high idle does not stick with car off.

so i ruled out bad TB could it be bad part what are the odds
 
Are the TB plates binding? Boom is right regarding the proper amount of air flow for the IAC to work properly. Did you check and set min air speed? Most novice users think this is an idle speed adjustment. ECM controls idle speed. TPI TBs are not plug and play. I've discovered min air speed as one of those critical but often over looked settings. If min air speed is set too high (or too low), then the ECM cannot properly manage idle speeds. If you have a scanner, you can quickly determine if IAC counts are within range.
 
yes i am a novice y dont the companys give more info when u buy there product not everyone is a pro just trying to save $ and do it my self.
if u dont mined how do ajust IAC i just put new one in and new TPS to try to solve problem did not work haha on me
one more thing it is not allways high idle i tap pedle and it goes back or with hood up get it to stick by hand then tap the top TB on left side and it goes back down sounds like bad TB but find that hard to beleave its brand new?
 
yes i am a novice y dont the companys give more info when u buy there product not everyone is a pro just trying to save $ and do it my self.
if u dont mined how do ajust IAC i just put new one in and new TPS to try to solve problem did not work haha on me



Because if they DID, nobody would buy their junk.

TPS is adjusted with a voltmeter.

IAC self adjust IF the throttle plates are closed and TPS is properly set.
Still.....the thing may not be able to be adjusted. The ECM cannot compensate for that amount of air. There is a very precise air/fuel ratio that has to be maintained. The speed of the air thru the intake valve is critical....You slowed it down by a bigger hole to go thru. You reduced the vac in the intake. Not good for performance. Even with headers, an open exhaust, its too much air to ever run well without some serious work with a "tune" and then you can;t go changing other parts without having to re-tune again and again. Its not that easy to build computer engines and make then run right..
ECM controlled cars just do not take parts and work. The parts have to be made to work with each other with a plan and then it all has to be part of the computer program. Sorry...I can;t help. Good luck with it.
 
how do u set min air speed? yesTPS is set properly they told me the right VOLTS
 
you are right sorry!
some times easy ansewer is right?
but with engine off TB moves very smooth?
will call manufac and ask them what thy think.
 
My recommendation...
Clean up the stock TB, install a new IAC (make sure it is the right design for your TB year), and reinstall. Set min air speed as per provided instructions (scanner is key). Verify timing and TPS voltages. The stock TB will flow plenty of air to support an additional 100 HP via other modifications. Invest in a factory service manual (FSM) and tools like an OBDI scanner.
 
Tb

ok back again with some more news on tb.
sent 58mm back to bbk and got a 52mm instead thinking might be ploblem.
nope same thing with new tb put new aic,tps ajusted with voltmeter.
took all throttle cables off still does same.
does not do with car off.
the only thing moving butterfly is air.
any thoughts on how to fix?
 
ok back again with some more news on tb.
sent 58mm back to bbk and got a 52mm instead thinking might be ploblem.
nope same thing with new tb put new aic,tps ajusted with voltmeter.
took all throttle cables off still does same.
does not do with car off.
the only thing moving butterfly is air.
any thoughts on how to fix?



So you;re saying that the throttle plates are being held open by the intake air flow? and thats causing the high idle?

No way. There is something holding the plates open...the linkage is riding on something or the TPS lever is catching on something. There is a good size spring on the throttle shaft, the plates are equalized so that its just as hard to pull one closed as it is to pull one open with air flow....besides it would take a mach-II breeze thru there to over-ride that spring.

IF you grab the linkage by hand can you force the plates to close and idle down?

Just for s***s and giggles, I'll entertain the thought of the vac being SOOOOOO high that its able to pull the plates open....

did you open the TB/ plenum ports to closer match the TB backside? The left side port has a huge hump that can cause a great deal of turbulance on that side. I've never heard of being so bad that it could hold the throttle plates open, but I'm trying to keep an open mind (other than the holes in my head):chuckle.........

IF too much vac were the cause of the problem then its reasonable to assume that lowering the vac at or near the TB should have an effect on the problem....try pulling some vac lines off and letting the plenum suck air somewhere else. That should lower the demand against the TB plates and allow them to relax. IF that works, then you need to look at the cam and the whole set-up to see why there is that much vac.

Bad time to ask, but are you 110% sure the cam was timed right?

In a natural aspirated engine vac is critical to move air efficiently. Air just does not move unless its motivated by high or low pressure and it moves from high to low. If the pressure is that low in the manifold, the cylinders may not be able to get a full charge so performance would basically....suck. If the pressure is too high in the intake, the air velocity is down,. and again the charge is poor so performance sucks. This is why the guys with smoke benches and computers (CAD) get the big bucks...to watch and study intake air flow and see what to do to make it perfect before throwing oddball parts ($$$) without real science to back up the design. Without some facts to match parts and construct a plan, its just guessing and nobody has the funding for that these days....

Air flow & pressure....
Thats how those spacer plates worked....they made a slightly stronger vac and that increased the velocity enough to shoot air in the cyl...a little bit more each stroke. As small as those spacers were (about 3/4 to 1" thick) they DID indeed make a difference in low end power because the air flow was just right for the low rpm intake stroke with cams that were common to that engine. BUT, up top the power fell away faster and sooner because the distance that the air had to travel was getting to be too far for the engine to breath efficiently at higher rpm..
It was like you having to breath thru a straw that was 1 ft long. Won;t work. If that straw was only 2" long you might be able to breath thru it until your demand went up higher than the straw could handle.
...so the spacers came and went right behind throttle body air-foils.So did lots of money....

I;d try the hand operating the linkage....Forcing it closed and if that helps you know you;re headed in the right direction.Then open some vac lines and see what happens,. then look very carefully at everything under and around the TB linkage to see if something is catching the linkage or cable cam....

Either way, going to a 52 was a good move. The 58 is too much TB for anything but a WFO high rpm all the time track engine. ....
There is a logical explanation somewhere in this.
 
thank you for responding once again u give me alot to think about.
yes ican move linkage by hand.
it is like the car is telling me where it wants the idle to be so i did a little.but it still wants more.
as far as cam timeing i paid a well known guy alot of$$$ to do it right hope he did.
car runs perfect no DTS can tell the deff from old TB and new TB and yes car runs better with 52mm than with 58mm.
and this ploblem only happens when i keep foot on peddal at cruiseing speed.
have checked with likage on off it dont matter.have played with all the vacs to see if anything would change.did manage to stall it abunch.
have check every little thing around TB to make shore nothing hanging up.
on the 58mm i even put anouther spring on it just to see. and it still kept it high.dont get me wrong it is a little better with 52mm.
did not do this with factory TB would put back on but got danage when i took it of
seems like springs not strong enuogh ?just a thought doesent air pull the butterfly the same wouldent it want to keep it shut the same as open
 
Check the amount of throttle shaft free-play...too much and the intake air can cause the throttle plate to bind up when running but will feel fine when not running. Also if the throttle plate is not centered perfectly in the throttle bore the same thing can happen.
 
nobody has sugested egr how could that be problem and how to test did have prob with egr rely but think i fixed
no free play in shaft and this is #2 TB so i dont think throttle plate is ploblem
 
nobody has sugested egr how could that be problem and how to test did have prob with egr rely but think i fixed
no free play in shaft and this is #2 TB so i dont think throttle plate is ploblem

EGR has vacuum if it is stuck shut vacuum could be building up in throttle body. All I know is that there are different egr's and they work differently depending on the engine. I think you have gotten out of the box and need to look at the whole system. There are other things that can be bad. Is the vacuum can holding vacuum or the fume charcoal canister could be a problem. You need to use the fsm and trouble shoot the system one item at a time. It becomes very easy to jump at the most obvious things like the TB but in reality these systems are so complicated and interdependent on each other that what you learned under the shade tree as a mechanic no longer applies.
 
thank you for responding once again u give me alot to think about.
yes ican move linkage by hand.
it is like the car is telling me where it wants the idle to be so i did a little.but it still wants more.
as far as cam timeing i paid a well known guy alot of$$$ to do it right hope he did.
car runs perfect no DTS can tell the deff from old TB and new TB and yes car runs better with 52mm than with 58mm.
and this ploblem only happens when i keep foot on peddal at cruiseing speed.
have checked with likage on off it dont matter.have played with all the vacs to see if anything would change.did manage to stall it abunch.
have check every little thing around TB to make shore nothing hanging up.
on the 58mm i even put anouther spring on it just to see. and it still kept it high.dont get me wrong it is a little better with 52mm.
did not do this with factory TB would put back on but got danage when i took it of
seems like springs not strong enuogh ?just a thought doesent air pull the butterfly the same wouldent it want to keep it shut the same as open


Exactly !
Thats what I was trying to say in all the mumbling I was doing last night..!

Something else going on here...

Wheres base ign timing set? was that advanced too far and forcing a high idle? Did you try backing out of the timing a 2-4 degrees retard and see what happens. Basically ANY tuning process of odd parts is going to be a trial & error process....try this, try that. Stop when something works and FORGET what the manual says about the tune specs because the modified engine is not what the manual is/was written about.
Has the IAC been pulled out and checked to see if the pintle is bent or damaged>? if the IAC was screwed in and tightened with the pintle extended too far, it can bend it and the seal never happens letting idle AIR pass thru all the time. You don;t necessarily get a SES lite for IAC..(something else maybe) because the motor functions...its the seat thats AFU.
Look at the IAC pintle and always install those by the measurement in the package....that tells you the max it can stick out from the IAC body and not get damaged. Usually they are srewed in enough to mount ok but I have seen one that was too far extended and bottomed the pintle with a couple turns left on the IAC valve before tight.

Once installed and engine runs and goes thru an ECM cycle it will self adjust. Its not magic, it just keeps trying to go forward or back depending on what the rpm is and what the ECM thinks it should be...

And Johns got a good point....there are positive pressure EGRs and Neg pressure return EGR valves and they all look like each other. If thats not right, it could be leaking exhaust gases into the manifold causing a lean/air leak symptom. High idle is the symptom of air leaking.

Hows the PCV acting? is there good vac on the valve and line TO the intake? what about the hole in the valve cover? whats going on there...anything blowing OUT or does that have some vac? That should be fairly neutral with the crankcase maybe breathing in/out slightly with no PCV in the hole....the vac from the PCV should be what applies a good vac to the crankcase to pull all the fumes out and keep a mild vac under the pistons.

Check IAC pintle condition

EGR for operation and correct part per yr/make/model

check ignition base timing for too much advance

Beyond that....I dunno :confused

This may be simply a case of a slow or late IAC...hunting.
Mine has its own behavior as many seem to have.
When cold mine idles up to 900-1100 until eng temp reaches at least 130 then it settles to around 750-800. I can drive at that point IF I want. Then it will again drop the idle once the temp reaches 158...everytime. Now it settles down on 600 rpm steady. A warm start will send it to the 2nd tier idle of around 800 for 10-15 seconds then it settles down to 600 again. Depending on the temp of the engine, it will run idle up for extended times until it sees a temp that it likes. This can also keep the idle high IF I start driving too soon, it won;t let it idle down all the way until its hot enough.

So, 1 more thing to check....the eng coolant temp sensor in the front of the intake manifold....one is for cold start and has the wire run around to the driver side to the CS valve and the other sensor is the coolant temp sensor that tells the ECM whats going on. Check the connector for the temp sensor.

May as well consider the cold start as well. Check that and see what happens if the CS connector is removed. The ONLY other thing that I can think of would be a leaking CS valve...(if your model even uses CS 9th injector) If you DO NOT have cold start then your ECM handles cold start up by making the 8 inj richer for a few seconds...thats back to the temp sensors. When a temp sensor fails or the resistence is too far out of spec, it can fool the ECM into thinking the engine is stone cold all the time and it'll richen the fuel pulse to the injectors.
This is where a scan tool would be real nice to have.....
They still have them on Flea Bay. OBD-I & II compatable. :thumb
 
money pit said:
doesent air pull the butterfly the same wouldent it want to keep it shut the same as open

Exactly !
[/B] Thats what I was trying to say in all the mumbling I was doing last night..!

ABSOLUTELY NOT if the throttle shaft bore is worn! Especially if it is worn more on one side than the other (which is quite typical). Consider the geometry of the throttle plate...when it is fully closed it sits at a slight angle relative to the bore, and has to conform to the shape of the bore at this angle...which means that plate is NOT the same shape as the throttle body bore. If the throttle plate does not sit perfectly "square" in the bore then it WILL bind up against the inside of the bore near the shaft when air is pulling on it. This is also usually evident by some scoring marks in the bore near where the shaft goes through.

It may also be that the plate is simply not mounted "square" to the bore on the shaft? This can have the same result of binding up in the closed position.

I really can't think of any other reason the throttle linkage would behave like that only when it is running...and I have had it happen to me twice!

Try just pushing on the throttle plate (of course with engine NOT running!) and see if it feels like its binding up.
 
ABSOLUTELY NOT if the throttle shaft bore is worn! Especially if it is worn more on one side than the other (which is quite typical). Consider the geometry of the throttle plate...when it is fully closed it sits at a slight angle relative to the bore, and has to conform to the shape of the bore at this angle...which means that plate is NOT the same shape as the throttle body bore. If the throttle plate does not sit perfectly "square" in the bore then it WILL bind up against the inside of the bore near the shaft when air is pulling on it. This is also usually evident by some scoring marks in the bore near where the shaft goes through.

It may also be that the plate is simply not mounted "square" to the bore on the shaft? This can have the same result of binding up in the closed position.

I really can't think of any other reason the throttle linkage would behave like that only when it is running...and I have had it happen to me twice!

Try just pushing on the throttle plate (of course with engine NOT running!) and see if it feels like its binding up.

Ok, BUT...

he's talking about 2 brand new TB's that have both done the same thing. A 58mm that went back and now he has a new 52mm on there.
The description is a bit confusing...its not the butterflys exactly from what I am getting...its just a high idle and the OP feels like its from the butterflys....which I do not believe it is..
 
Ok, BUT...

he's talking about 2 brand new TB's that have both done the same thing. A 58mm that went back and now he has a new 52mm on there.
The description is a bit confusing...its not the butterflys exactly from what I am getting...its just a high idle and the OP feels like its from the butterflys....which I do not believe it is..

"New" does not always mean "good"...unfortunately more and more often it seems.

However yeah you're right the OP needs to confirm whether he still is having a binding throttle issue or not with the currently installed TB.
 

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