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    when i start my car the rpms are really low around 400 and then bounces up a little bit until around 700. i think its my idle air controller that is acting up but im not sure because it only does it sometimes.

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    clean the iac and tb..and get some maf cleaner while you're at it
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    agreed
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    ive already cleaned the iac when i did an induction cleand and i havent even looked inside the throttle body.

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    then get on it
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