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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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have 98 civic dx...manual...while parked, idle drops to almost stalling for 2 seconds, then goes back up to normal idle, then back down after several seconds....cycle repeats itself...never really stalls
 
Old Jan 8, 2012 | 09:14 PM
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im haveing a similar problem in my ek . check engine light ..car idles 1000 then goes to 1500 then back down never settleing. I also am curious
 
Old Jan 24, 2012 | 02:10 PM
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idle positioning sensor/valve dirty or needs replacing
 
Old Jan 25, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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Clean the idle control valve?
There are posts on here how to do it yourself, not too difficult and a cheap proper fix
 
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