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Old 01-05-2003, 10:46 AM
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normal idle speed
My 02 2500 quad 4x4 idles at 875 or so and while going down a steep slippery hill the other day in hi 4 I nearly lost control.<br>I have been told by the dumbest guys on earth(Dodge service<br>department) that I cannot lower the idle speed. Anybody agree?
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On the new ones the idle speed is set by the computer. You can put in lo and it will idle up anything. I dont think there is anyway to adjust the computer to where it will lower the idle
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Re:normal idle speed
You don't want to reduce idle speed too much or you may run into oil pressure problems. <br><br>JMHO
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I bet using 4 low would cure that problem. Must have been steep.
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mountainoiler<br>Did it dump oil out the breather bottle? SNOKING
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could you disable the idle validation? would that do it?<br>CHase
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