Please Help me

So, i guess I'm an idiot.

I Tightened up the cables running to the throttle body. I read it in a thread on here (probably misunderstand what was said). now I can't find the thread, and my car is idling funny and starts to over heat.


original problem car over heats at idle (and occaisionally while driving) fixed over heating while idling by slightly reving to approx 1100 rpm and car cooled off.


so I F'ed with the cables some more and It now Idles at 15-1600 at start up and drops off to 1100. car still over heats when driving and temps will go slightly up then slightly down if left at idle.


this may be completely unreleated, but I've (supposedly) had all my engine cooling problmes fixed.... please if anyone has any suggestions.....


thanks in advance

[gsodonis]

Seeing how we have a three day weekend, I'll have some time to work on my SVX. Give me a shout and I'll take a look at some of your overheating (and idle) issues. I PM'd you my cell phone number.

[huck369]

Sounds like you've got the cables too tight, and that is making it idle too fast...

I'm guessing your overheating at idle issue is that the fans aren't coming on....are you sure they pluged them back in after working on your water pump?

[94svxred]

Sounds strange ? I'm with Huck are the fans working , and it surely sounds like you turned the bolts on the cables a few to many times! .They only need to take up the slack and this MOD should not change the idle !

after doing the mod it idled at 600-700 and started over heating unless i rev'd it up to about 1200 so im not sure.... my fans work.

atleast they do sometimes. I've seen them working but they may be cutting in and out.

Also, if anyone else has done this mod successfully can you take a picture of where the nuts are positioned when you're done?

so I can check and see if I went to far or something.

[huck369]

Originally Posted by Jayahalasi

Also, if anyone else has done this mod successfully can you take a picture of where the nuts are positioned when you're done?

so I can check and see if I went to far or something.

The position will be different on different cars, due to variations in the cable...

There needs to be a "little" bit of slack in it or it will make it idle fast.

If it has to be reved up to cool it down, it sounds like a bad water pump, or a partially clogged radiator....and since you just had the water pump replaced, I'd guess the radiator.....

just got a new (used) radiator too...


I re adjusted the cables and it seems to be working fine (15 min Idle and drive around the neighborhood)

but now I'm leaking oil... jesus is my car ever going to run Properly for more than 2 days.

[gsodonis]

Where's the leak? If it's across the front of the engine (passenger side) it may be the power steering pump resrvoir - the dreaded o-ring mod. I've got plenty of o-rings and I'll help you swap out the seal. Give me a shout in the AM. You'll need a quart of Dexron III (or IV) ATF.

ok so still not cooling properly

If I have a parially clogged radiatorwhat shoudl I do about that... just a radiator flush or can I do something else?