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Tiny
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2003 eclipse v6 manual tranny.
Installed new battery, now engine will not idle
how do I reset throttle body position sennsor
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 AT 5:49 PM

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Tiny
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I believe that through normal driving the car will re-learn it's idle.
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 AT 6:01 PM
Tiny
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TY, Paul, but I drove it about an hour after the bat change, no luck so far, any more ideas?
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 AT 9:25 PM
Tiny
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It will take longer than 1 hour if not after several hours then probly time for new one smtimes moister gets in them even from washing ur car
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 AT 6:31 AM
Tiny
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What I found is this:
Let the engine get to operating temperature, allow an additional 10 minutes of idle time.
If this doesn't work, you'll need to pull codes on it.
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 AT 7:23 AM

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