Vacuum leak, is primary suspect. Bad/dirty Idle Air Control Valve. Do you get a check engine light? Get some starter fluid or Carb cleaner spray and spray the Lower/Upper Intake Gasket, if you notice a change in idle, the gasket needs to be replaced. This is especially most likely if it only idles high when the engine is cold. Check for other vacuum leaks, such as the brake booster hose. Mine mysteriously popped off one day. Carb cleaner spray is useful in finding these such leaks. There is a way to clean an Idle Air Control Valve(IAC) with carb cleaner which can cure bad Idle. If you get a check engine light, get the code, there is a method to do so if you don't have a code reader, it's called the paperclip method, look it up. Get the code, ask me or look it up.
could be a bad TPS throttle position sensor OR a bad IAT idle air control temp sensor.
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one of the main reasons an engine runs on or diesels can be related to the fact that it is idling too fast. Set the idling down and see if this imporoves
get new head lamps for the car
the clutch
change the mass air flow senser
Timing to high / advanced to far. Idling to fast. This can cause that problem.
It depends on how long you are idling, or how fast you are going. If you know you are going to be idling for a long time, it's best just to put your car in park.
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Idling too fast. Set the idle to factory specs. Should be around 750 RPMs in neutral with A/C off.
You can adjust the idle air control valve on a 1992 1500 truck while it is just idling. This is done if the truck is idling too fast or too slow. It will help the truck run better.
In a real head to head test the BMW will win. The Ford is still an economy car with nice handling Their has never ever been a truly fast Lumina ever. That leaves the BMW M3 A factory built hot car in the best tradition.