How to change rpm idle on Ls3 engine?
04-12-2012, 12:07 PM
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How to change rpm idle on Ls3 engine?
How do I increse the idle on my 08 C6?
04-12-2012, 01:45 PM
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04-12-2012, 02:42 PM
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Red Rochester
How do I increse the idle on my 08 C6?
Same way you do on any EFI engine-you have to reprogram the engine control computer with the new idle speed.
04-12-2012, 08:23 PM
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Some hand held programmers will re set idle.
04-13-2012, 01:40 PM
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Red Rochester
How do I increse the idle on my 08 C6?
programming
04-13-2012, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by
mmartinez
Tune
Quote:
Originally Posted by
dougbfresh
Same way you do on any EFI engine-you have to reprogram the engine control computer with the new idle speed.
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Originally Posted by
Paul 75 L82
Some hand held programmers will re set idle.
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Originally Posted by
99blancoss
programming
And maybe post in the C6 section rather than the C5 section.
04-13-2012, 08:20 PM
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Idle screw should be on the drivers side of the carburetor..
Last edited by David426; 04-13-2012 at 08:23 PM .
04-13-2012, 08:22 PM
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David426
Idle screw should be on the drivers side of the carburator..
04-13-2012, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by
David426
Idle screw should be on the drivers side of the carburetor..
DOUBLE
The real answer is TUNING! You need to change the PCM idle setting cause you have a throttle by wire system.
BC
04-12-2012, 02:42 PM
And maybe post in the C6 section rather than the C5 section. 
