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Originally Posted by clm
When I read your first post I was litterly yelling at the moniter- Its the Idler!!!!!!!!!! Then I read on down and see some one has beat me to it. I have had this happen on several cars- The thing goes south and does exactly what you described. It some times doesnt appear to be bad- but it only takes a slight bit of movement to cause this condition. You can buy a rebuild kit very reasonably to check it out.
Chris
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I did check the idler arm last night and it has no apparent shake, and the bolt is very tight...I did replace this bushing kit about 18 months ago, so I would think that it is still OK. You say that sometimes it goes bad and you really can't tell, requiring only a very small amount of play to cause the symptoms I describe. On the one hand, I just want to get another rebuild kit and install it, but on the other hand, I dont want to start replacing parts I just replaced a short while ago. What I will do is take it apart and see if there is any loose fitting component that should be tight, then go from there.
Thanks a lot,
Mark