i have a 5-sp, and when ever i put it into nutral the car almost dies out.. the rpms drop to about 300 and the car shakes a bit then repounds to about 500 rpms... what do you guys think the problem is... has anyone had this problem before...

 

You can raise the idle.

 

where do i rase the idle, or how do i do it

 

You can adjust the screw atop the iacv...BUT, this wouldn't solve
your problem...just band-aid it...If your car is almost stalling out,
it's not because the idle control screw changed itself...

FLO_BOY

 

Dirty throttle body?

 

All of a sudden, I have this problem too. I especially notice it when I'm downshifting, it's hard to match revs when the RPM's drop to 300 for a bit before bouncing back. I also have some strange idle issues when I first start it in the morning. Sometimes the RPM's will oscillate from 1500 to 300 once or twice before settling down.

BTW - I had my 60k service a few weeks ago (plugs, filters, etc.) This couldn't be a fuel delivery issue, could it? I guess they had a hell of a time getting the fuel filter swapped. The RPM thing started happening immediately after the service. What would happen if the idiots put the filter on backwards??

Anyway, good luck. If I discover the problem, I'll post again.

Ciao,
TOM