Engine Code P0505

[mikie]

It said something like, idle control malfunction.... And my idle in drive is fairly rough, in netral it's quiet. Any ideas?

[Bay13]

Not having a turbo makes it much easier to clean your throttle plate. Get some rags, carb cleaner, and a 7mm socket. Take off the hose that goes from the airbox to the throttle. Then push open the flap in there, and you will see what needs to be cleaned. I use a large screw driver to hold the flap open so I can spray the rag and wipe the throttle till it's clean.

[mikie]

Not having a turbo makes it much easier to clean your throttle plate.  Get some rags, carb cleaner, and a 7mm socket.  Take off the hose that goes from the airbox to the throttle.  Then push open the flap in there, and you will see what needs to be cleaned.  I use a large screw driver to hold the flap open so I can spray the rag and wipe the throttle till it's clean.

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Thanks for the reply,

So is carb cleaner a must, cause I've talking the TB off before and cleaned it with a rag & some soap. I must of done that 4 months ago. I guess it won't hurt to do it again with some carb cleaner though, erase the code and see if it comes back.

I'm also thinking of doing this terra clean process, my dealer has it, suppoely it cleans alot of gunk out.

I've been away for 3 months and no one drove my car could this trigger some sort of problem?