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Old June 26th 18, 01:11 AM posted to rec.autos.tech
Scott Dorsey
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Default Mazda tribute, 6 circuit codes

dsi1 > wrote:
>Yesterday I was checking my daughter's Cherokee. That thing is more busted =
>than not. It has an intermittent rough idle. I grabbed the idle control val=
>ve to check the electrical connection and it started getting rough. I grabb=
>ed the body of the valve and applied sideways pressure which caused the idl=
>e to go rough. I suspect that the electrical connection is okay but the uni=
>t itself has to be cleaned or replaced. The good news is that I can buy one=
> dirt cheap on eBay. My target price is less than $10.


I'd look for cracks in the valve but more importantly cracks in the air
plenum and hoses that cause an intermittent vacuum leak when it moves around.
--scott


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