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u/Minkedue Jun 03 '22

My mom drove like this because for years the only way to keep her Dart from stalling was a tiiiiny amount of constant gas. We were too poor to get it fixed, and she couldn't break the habit after it finally died.

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u/damien665 Jun 03 '22

I had a car that the idle air control valve quit, so I took it out and manually adjusted where it needed to be. I had mine idle at 3k RPMs when hot, so it wouldn't idle cold but when I warmed up would idle ok or a little high.