Rough Idle

pukas84 · Post by **pukas84** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:30 pm

Can you folks help me. I went off roading when my SES light came on. On my way home the light turned off, but the idle became rough. Took it to the dealer for service, still under warranty, where they changed the computer and also changed my A/C compressor. Took it back again for the rough idle but did not find anything. Am going to take it back next week. Does anyone know what could be the problem so I can tell them what to check. Could one of the sensors, etc be dirty? Had to drive through some fine dirt while off roading. I have an airaid intake and a borla cat back exhaust. Thanks for your help!!!

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:35 pm

helllo!
welcome to the forum.

might be an o2 sensor. but they would have probably saw that. could be in the EGR. dont know

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:37 am

Changed an AC compressor for a rough idle? Gee. Well, hope that was warranty work for ya. Welcome to the group!

How many miles on it?

code3crew · Post by **code3crew** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:47 am

Rough idle. Hmmm what about all those vacuum lines? Could it be possible one either got a small hole or is lose? I noticed alot of vacuum lines under the hood on my crew and I thought when I got it that if anyone of the how ever many lines came lose it would be murder to find it

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:30 am

Check your MAF sensor and make sure it's clean. If it's black or dirty, clean it with rubbing alcohol and a Q-tip. Be careful though! The little sensors are very fragile nd if you break one, it's expensive to replace.

barch97 · Post by **barch97** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:24 am

A few years back I had a dodge ram and the squirrels used to love to stash their nuts in my air cleaner.

Socaldave · Post by **Socaldave** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:14 pm

Mine idled rough once and I barely kept it running. I was a long way from home, hunting in the Mojave Desert. Limped home and took it to the dealer the next day. The injectors had clogged up. ............

pukas84 · Post by **pukas84** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 11:35 pm

hehe no squirrels here in Hawaii.

My truck has about 16K miles on it. Scheduled to have my truck serviced in March, so will tell the technician to take a look at those items. Thanks for the good advices. My truck is still under warranty for a few more months, anything else I should have the techs take a look at?