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    mkiii dash light im not sure of

    i started up my car today and noticed there was a dash light on and my good for nothing haynes manual didnt help at telling me what it was, so to the interwebs i go. it looks like a birdcage and is on the left side of the cluster. thanks in advance, Evan
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    so i checked the iacv and it doesnt click... but i could swear it had before i tore it down for the 2nd time... anywho i gotta try to find one for less than 700$ see if it does anything, would it affect the difficulty to start
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    well i'd checked for codes and there are none so il do the gas pedal thing as well as check all the other stuff ive been saying i would ( schooling and work makes it hard to get around to my car)
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    I dont understand how you check timing if the engine doesnt get to the desired rpm to time it? also no matter what i shove into the diagnosis box nothing ever seems to happen (have the same problem with my 88 pickup), is there some trick to doing it? and I had checked the ISCV and it did click...
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    It goes from aprox 2k to aprox 1800, but some times it goes slightly higher/lower. Also today to see if it might be an open loop problem I tried unplugging the air flow sensor at the air box and the engine just cut out
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    i think in the video i posted the link of in my initial post showed ,e with the brake booster vacuum hose off and me holding allowing and blocking the vacuum, but if i accidentaly posted the wrong video here's the link again. and if you dont want to watch the video, the short is that nothing...
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    the distributor is set to the #1 cylinder, the throttle plate is not open
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    would the engine light go on if the ecu was in open loop for too long?
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    checked the routing and quality of all the vacuum lines, there all fine and in right place. and i cant exactly time it when its at 2000 rpm, especially not when its loping down and up consistently
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    oh god, please hlep... idle/ start problems

    ok, so ive done a HG job earlier this month and then i put it back together. when i went to start it it wouldnt catch for a while and when it finaly did it ran with an insanely high idle (2k) and would lope down (1800) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYjM9iBe1U heres a video showing the idle as...