I have a 95 gsx and the car absolutely will not hold an idle. It dies as soon as i let off the gas. Adjusting the idle with the set screw at the t/b does no good. any thoughts on what it could be or what i should check?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

egr valve?
vaccuum hoses?
clogged cat?
clogged air filter?
clogged fuel filter?

 

clean out the throttle body

 

Isc?

 

Check your timing, the belt may have slipped or the tensinor* may be messed up, My bf (cootees) still needs the right tensinor* his 95 gst idles horribly. My 91 Talon did the samething and low and behold the timing jumped and bent ALL OF MY VALVES. so i would check that in addition to what everyone else says.

Ummmm DSM girls too

 

plugs
wires
MAF
fuel filter
Fuel pump
coil packs
ignitor
ECU

 

dont forget to check the blinker fluid (use halogen fluid, it works better....) and make sure the carb. belt is tight.


could be a loose muffler bearing...

 

Rotator splint?

 

All good sources here. Hopefully you know how to check some of these. My guess is your ISC isnt dead as it doesnt have an awkward idle, just simply no idle at all. Does the car want to stumble? Will it fire right up? If it fires right up Id say its not ignition related. Have you checked for boost leaks (no really boost if its at idle, but just huge huge leaks in general. A large intake charge pipe leak will cause the car to die.

Just go ahead and post up some symptoms or what you have found thus far and try to test a few of the things we've mentioned. Id imagine we can diagnose it pretty easily.

 

DSM...