Diagnostic code:Air control valve 24

[chris92svxlsl]

ran diagnotics on my car came up with code 24, not familiar with the air control valve. any other possible things this could be such as dirty air filter, how would i correct this?

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by chris92svxlsl

ran diagnotics on my car came up with code 24, not familiar with the air control valve. any other possible things this could be such as dirty air filter, how would i correct this?

This is the By-pass Air Control Solenoid Valve, which is in effect an automatic auxiliary throttle which sets and controls engine idle speed. Do you have any sort of idle or stalling problem ?

[chris92svxlsl]

no idle problem, it starts idling at 1200 for about 15-20 secs then drops down to 750-500, no stalling, where is this valve located and is there a sensor or something i could replace

[Trevor]

Originally Posted by chris92svxlsl

no idle problem, it starts idling at 1200 for about 15-20 secs then drops down to 750-500, no stalling, where is this valve located and is there a sensor or something i could replace

It would appear that this is not associated with your problem but very strange that you are/were getting code 24. Could you have read it incorrectly? Not hard to do. Was the code simply stored and has since become corrected?

[chris92svxlsl]

how do i reset the ecu, im going to buy a new air filter and clean out the throttle body, then run the codes again. good idea (y/n?)
thanks

[Earthworm]

Reset the ECU using the process in the SVXipedia:

http://svx-iw.com/
-> SVXipedia
-->Checking Error Codes
--->How to Check Engine (ECU) Trouble Codes