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2000 Jeep grand cherokee Laredo idle trouble
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Fatherjim125
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Sep 5, 2011, 10:42 AM
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2000 Jeep grand cherokee Laredo idle trouble
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So I have a 2000 jeep grand Cherokee Laredo, its got about 80,000 miles on it. The problem That I'm trying to address is the idle, the car has a very poor start up, when turning the key I have to pump the gas to get her running. When driving about it seems fine except when I pull up to a stop sign or a light, I have to hold the break and continue to rev the engine at the same time. Sometimes if I am smooth about it and don't rev the engine up and down it will sit and idle but its not very strong. I though it would be something electrical but everything in the car seems to be working quite well, electronically. Nothing dies on me, and the lights are not dim or anything like that. What kind of things should I check? How do I go about it? PLEASE HELP!! If you have any questions I would be glad to oblige.
I am not the most car savvy person in the world (to say the least), most of the time if someone see me going toward a car with a wrench they are obligated to snatch it before I blow myself up, but not having any money and trying to learn more about the car I drive seems important.
-Jim
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Hammer Time
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Sep 5, 2011, 11:10 AM
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Re: 2000 Jeep grand cherokee Laredo idle trouble
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You may have a bad IAC ( idle air control) but try eliminating any vacuum leaks and cleaning the throttle body first. Remove the intake snorkel, 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 has a problem, replace the IAC.
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Fatherjim125
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Sep 5, 2011, 2:43 PM
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Hey thank you very much went out took me all of about 10 min and works great
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Hammer Time
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Sep 5, 2011, 2:45 PM
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Glad to hear it worked out for you.
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