What are the signs of a bad idle air control?
Usually a bad or failing idle control valve will produce a few symptoms that can alert the driver of a potential issue.
- Irregular idle speed. One of the most common symptoms associated with a problematic idle air control valve is irregular idle speed.
- Check Engine Light comes on.
- Engine stalling.
Can a civic air control valve be converted to 2 wire IACV?
All of our chipped/tunable OBD1 ECU solutions for the 96-98 civic use an ECU that is setup for a 2 wire IACV only. This makes it necessary to convert your Idle Air Control Valve to a 2 wire style IACV anytime one of our tunable/chipped OBD1 ECU’s are used.
What kind of air control does a Honda Civic use?
All common Honda and Acura D and B series engines use a 2 wire Idle Air Control Valve (IACV). The 2 wire IACV uses one wire for power, and the other wire is for the idle control from the ECU.
What kind of idle problem does a Civic LX have?
I have a 98 Honda Civic LX(1.6L SOHC). I have idle problem. Engines starts and runs great. After warm up, coolant gage comes up to temp. normal by the needle reading, the engine idles eratic from 1000 rpm to 2000 rpm back and forth every 2 seconds. I unplugged the MAP sensor and idle smoothed out but ran at high idle (1600 or so).
How do you replace a 3 wire IACV plug?
You will need to source a 2 wire IACV plug to replace your 3 wire iacv plug, and disconnect the ground wire from your idle air control valve wiring and re-pin the signal wires at the ECU plugs. 1. Cut the orange wire and disregard it or tape it off.
When to replace idle air control valve in Honda Civic?
You depend on your Honda Civic to get you from work to school to home as efficiently as possible. You simply don’t have time for decreased RPMs and engine backfiring, so when it’s time to replace your idle air control valve for Honda Civic, AutoZone has you covered.
All of our chipped/tunable OBD1 ECU solutions for the 96-98 civic use an ECU that is setup for a 2 wire IACV only. This makes it necessary to convert your Idle Air Control Valve to a 2 wire style IACV anytime one of our tunable/chipped OBD1 ECU’s are used.
You will need to source a 2 wire IACV plug to replace your 3 wire iacv plug, and disconnect the ground wire from your idle air control valve wiring and re-pin the signal wires at the ECU plugs. 1. Cut the orange wire and disregard it or tape it off.