P0506

Idle Air Control System

RPM Low


Now it throwed this code last week, it was runnin all crappy, so i beat my idle air control valve with a ratchet, it drives fine now, but my truck just throwed that code again.

its literally a small chrome cylinder right inside that red circle, kinda a hassle to get to.



any suggestions? ive heard i can take it off and blow it out with canned air, or replace it, or beat it with a ratchet.

seems like itll be a little hard to get at to replace and a new one cast bout a hundred bucks

 

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Save the C-note. And just Keep that ratchet handy. Maybe get a bigger one...

Ok - you can always try the zero-dollar approach and clean/lube it (provided you haven't already fatally beaten the crap outta it).

Usually cleaning is a short-tem fix - replacement is indicated.

 

hey man, i fixed your sig for you

 

fatally beaten the crap outta it, nah, but i got the hammer standin by for this little pos silver can who thinks he can trip my engine light.

 

You could probably clean it out with carburetor cleaner. I think I did that once, when I had one get gummed up on an Explorer.

 

called a mechanic he said DO NOT use any kinda cleaner, just canned air. i dont feel like tryin to take it off though

 

Wellsir, if it's all gummed up with crap (as is likely) that is gonna do bupkis

 

I've heard WD-40 does a decent job cleaning them. Canned air doesn't do squat.

 

Don't bother cleaning it. Replace it. If it's hard to get to like you say, then I wouldn't want to have to do it twice, if cleaning it doesn't work, see what I mean? Cleaning it may work for a little while, but it is not going to stay fixed lol. Been there, done that.

 

bud light is nasty

and just replace the thing..

 

hold your tongue when ur talkin about bud light.

and i cant replace it, i dont have a control valve, its all electronic on my truck. i dont have a throttle cable, its all computer

 

If you don't have an IAC, then what WERE you beating the crap out of?

 

Your engine doesn't have an IAC. The little can you have been pounding on is the motor that controls the throttle plate angle. Your P0506 may have been caused by a restriction in the intake tract or a vacuum leak. Is the P0506 the only code?

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i dunno what i was beatin the crap out of, but i beat it good. yes its the only code, it aint throwin it no more