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Help with high idle

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Have high idle condition in a M88, Here is what I've done so far:

Engine is newly rebuilt
New o rings in metering needles
New o rings in bypass screw
Fully flowed injectors with new o rings
Adjusted bypass, throttle blades, bypass screw per manual
Slide valve works well. fully closed at working temp (an still high idle). caped bypass hose and has no effect.
new plenum/intake horn couplers with new clamps
New TPS and it is adjusted properly (click at idle position)and corroborated by terminal ohm readings.
idle stop screws have throttle blades closed on all cylinders.
throttle mechanism push rods are adjusted as per manual.
all gaskets are new, all hoses are new.
Bypass screw makes very little effect, even when all the way in. At factory spec, rpms are within 50 of full closed reading.

Ideas are welcome

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Like Brucey has said many times, a high idle when all else is adjusted to specs points to only one thing: vacuum leak(s). Adding fuel won't make it rev, but adding air will, every time.
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If bypass screw isn't doing anything then you've proved air is getting in elsewhere, otherwise you'd stall.
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Agreed, the question is however, give all that has been done, where can that large of a vacuum leak be?
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Smoke/vapor test it. That'll find the leak.

One of many ways to do that:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/ho ... cuum-leak/
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Took the car for smoke testing. They found no leaks. However, I can still place a plastic bag over the airbox opening (I have removed the snorkel) and the engine still runs!!. Not smoothly as without it but the idle does not go down. Again, Throttle plates are all closed (the stop screws are all withdrawn) bypass screw is closed, air slide valve is open when cold and shut when hot (verified), o rings on needles and bypass screw are new. gaskets to the head are new and verified not leaking. All hoses are new with new clamps. All verified not leaking by smoke test. ???

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Have you altered the timing?
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No, not yet. Stock timing. could coolant temp sensor affect the idle speed?
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Replaced the CTS and no effect.....What to try next?
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Regardless of the shop finding no vacuum leaks, there HAS to be one, and a big one at that, since you can cover the air intake and it still runs. There's no other way.
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If I were you, I’d take it to another shop!
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A few things...

First I must admit I'm not as familiar with the earlier cars and idle slide valve control. is it just a slide open valve for higher idle when cold?

Does the M88 use the same procedure to tie Idle, WOT & ground (all three pins) on the TPS together to put the computer in open loop for idle balance and such like my later car?

Have you tried to perform any sort of idle balancing yet?

On later cars I find setting the butterflies on the ITB's properly is difficult at best with measurement procedure... And easily left too far open for the idle to drop down where it should. In this case the bypass screws are no longer effective to adjust idle. I would probably suggest closing the ITB's slightly more to let the bypass screws be more useful for their job. Just a guess even though you say they T/B are closed are they really?

The air leak sounds like it could very well be within the crankcase vent system. Any seal or gasket leaks, even the dipstick tube, can let unmetered air into the system. Try removing the hose from the valve cover to the plenum and plug it to see if it changes idle speed. With 6 intakes essentially there are all the O-rings and seals on the air horns than could be cracked too.

Also, I know on my later M6 you can unplug the AFM and it will still idle. There is a minimum fuel command and if the early car is the same that is probably where you are when you plugged the intake. So some unmetered air with minimum fuel command and it will still run, maybe on air leaks anywhere downstream of the AFM. You might try unplugging the AFM and see if it still idles. If so you are not even registering flow on the AFM yet.
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hornhospital wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:56 am Regardless of the shop finding no vacuum leaks, there HAS to be one, and a big one at that, since you can cover the air intake and it still runs. There's no other way.
Seconded!
And IF the leak is the source of luminous then the leak has to be downstream of the MAF. I always used carb or brake cleaner to find leaks. A spray can with straw nozzle I can shoot accurately. I also have used mechanics stethoscope Like This to listen closely around pipes, points etc. However, it doesn't take much of a leak to keep an engine idling; think about how small the opening is on your closed throttle bodies. Dipstick seal and other crankcase breathers also have a significant effect on cars that breath through the plenum.

Good luck, they can be a bugger to find...
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I agree with the above post. I would suggest that you also try clamping the rubber hose between the slide valve and the intake, just to verify that the slide valve isn't leaking air.

Also, think of

- the fact that the airbox may not be airtight; the air may be getting in where you don't expect it
- is the bypass screw actually fitted to the AFM? (if it is missing it will create an air leak that bypasses the airbox)
- are the seals on the TB butterfly shafts in good order?
- are the TBs all able to close fully? (eg if the idle stop screw is further adjusted).
- is the vacuum hose connected to the FPR OK?
- is the vacuum hose connected to the cabin air temperature sensor OK?

As others have pointed out the only way you can get a high idle is if there is too much air getting in somewhere. It is just a question of finding out where that is.

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jpr, are you referring to the bypass screw on the throttle body assembly, or the one on the AFM bottom?

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I have a Miller MAF kit so I dont have the AFM arrangement anymore. The main bypass screw (the one you adjust 8 turns from fully closed) is the one that, at the moment, makes no change on the idle (no matter the position). I have disconnected the hose from the intake plenum and the idle control slide valve without any success (I capped both ends with plastic to make sure it would not leak. The butterfly idle resting position set screws are backed off to the point that they are not pushing the butterflies open at all. I smoke tested the entire intake track and no leaks were found, no cracked hoses, no loose clams, no open ports and no leaking seals (they are all new anyways). I have no oxygen sensor in my car (grey market m635) Installed a new TPS (adjusted correctly, can feel it click, revs fall and then immediately come back up again to the current idle of 1150 rpm) and have a new CTS.

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Well, then.

Good info.

Call Miller.

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jpr210 wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2018 6:50 pm I have a Miller MAF kit so I dont have the AFM arrangement anymore. The main bypass screw (the one you adjust 8 turns from fully closed) is the one that, at the moment, makes no change on the idle (no matter the position). I have disconnected the hose from the intake plenum and the idle control slide valve without any success (I capped both ends with plastic to make sure it would not leak. The butterfly idle resting position set screws are backed off to the point that they are not pushing the butterflies open at all. I smoke tested the entire intake track and no leaks were found, no cracked hoses, no loose clams, no open ports and no leaking seals (they are all new anyways). I have no oxygen sensor in my car (grey market m635) Installed a new TPS (adjusted correctly, can feel it click, revs fall and then immediately come back up again to the current idle of 1150 rpm) and have a new CTS.

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IMHO, you definitely have a massive air leak on the intake, you just have not found it yet. This problem is nothing to do with the Miller kit; all that does is measure the amount air going into the engine, it is in no way responsible for regulating it.

if there is a massive air leak then the idle speed may not increase above a certain point because if it does, it activates the overrun fuel cutoff.

Some things to check

- check the intake for leaks using a fuel of some kind
- you don't mention the intake vacuum pipes that are connected to the FPR and the cabin temperature sensor. Locate these and make sure that they are not leaking abnormally.
- daft question; have you got O ring seals fitted to the injector bodies, and are they fitted correctly?
- have you physically checked the throttle butterflies (using the MK 1 eyeball with the plenum off) to ensure that they are closing properly? It doesn't matter much what the linkages on the outside appear to do, you need to verify that the butterflies are mechanically synchronised and are able to move to fully closed.

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I have been having a high idle issue with my M635csi M88. I have been reading this thread and have been looking for vacuum leaks and not located any. Here is what my car is doing. It must be noted that everything is new around the throttle bodies. They have all new seals and o-rings, new air hoses, new coolant temp sensors, new air bellows for the air horns and AFM. The car starts very well with the touch of the key. It idles at 950 - 1000 rpm for the first 3 or 4 minutes and then slows down to 800-850 rpm as it should. I also have the idle adjustment screw very nearly closed up as well (which of course makes me suspicious of a vacuum leak). after the car runs for approximately 12 to 13 minutes (at idle or driving) the idle suddenly increases to 1300-1400 rpm and stays there. The car runs very well through the entire rpm range when driving. It seems like a massive vacuum leak should cause it to idle fast all of the time, not just after it has run for a fairly lengthy time.

We have noted that the coolant temp stays consistently dead center on the gauge while driving but after you stop and allow it to idle for a few minutes it creeps up to about 3/4 of the gauge and stops there. Taking readings with an infrared temp gun all temps are as they should be except on the aluminum coolant manifold on the passenger side of the head. While we get normal temps everywhere the temps there rise to as high as 248 degrees. The other end of the hose connected to it at the radiator end is saying 190 degrees. It appears that the headers are heating up the water manifold and causing the coolant CTS to send false readings to the gauge. Could that be causing a false signal to the ECU and causing our problem as well?

We are looking at the AFM as the potential culprit, but we haven't tried a smoke test yet as someone suggested. I did use the carb cleaner trick to thoroughly check for vacuum leaks with no conclusive results.

Again, EVERYTHING about this car has been refurbished and the car only had 66k on it when that was done.
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