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MY 87 5.0 COUPE IDLE IREGULAR SOMETIMES...IT IDLE UP TO ABOUT 1500 RPM THEN BACK TO 800 THEN BACK 1500 AND SO ON..AND IT WILL DROP DOWN TO LIKE 500 AND WANT TO DIE...IT IDLES PERFECT SOMETIMES AT A STEADY 800 RPM..SOMEONE SAID IT WAS THE TPS?...ANY HELP WOULD BE APRECIATED

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Check for vaccum leaks. Maybe one of hte little hard plastic vaccum lines is broken. Also, have you tried resetting the idle?

Here is how to do it

http://www.muscularmustangs.com/idlereset.php
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Do you own a voltmeter?....You need to check and make sure the voltage on your TPS is around .98 volts....

Yeah,

http://www.muscularmustangs.com/tps.php

Good luck... [patriot]

[ January 07, 2008, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: BlackNGold ]

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try and clean out the IAC near the throttle body.

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