If you're planning to pull your IACV to clean it, or even better replace it, do me a favor and compare it to this: http://s397.beta.photobucket.com/use...tml?sort=6&o=8 I'm suspicious of the little gasket like pieces near the tip that look like they're coming off, but they may be some kind of compression device to make a tighter seal. I'm getting an occasional issue at idle, but this is too expensive a part to just throw at it...

 

How much apart is this? It doesnt look like a 4th gen iacv :S

 

DBear, I just took mine off and cleaned it last week. I dont remember seeing anything like that "gasket thing"

 

Someones a little too paranoid...

 

If you pull the IACV, this part bolts onto the triangular plate. The tip is what you see through the hole if you look at the engine side of the IACV.

 

Yea that's about what mine looked like. I just pulled it the other week to clean it. I say if your car still starts fine don't worry about it

 

I took mine off today and cleaned it up a little:

 

Agreed. I cleaned mine just because and actually ended up with problems after I put it all back together. Good times.

 

what year is that maxima.. my iacv looks nothing like that

 

What kind of problems did you have and how did you fix said problems?

 

Thanks delacruz. It looks like you've got the same thing sticking up around the tip. It must be something like a lock washer.

 

I swapped to a 3.5 shortly after, but my next step would have been shopping on the org, or junkyard, ect.

 

Guys, if you look at your IACV, the part facing the firewall has a piece that can be removed that has a light-brown colored plastic around it. This is the plunger and actually if you take this off and turn your keys with just the plunger connected you can double check to see if it is working together IE going out when you turn the key and back in when you turn the car off. Yes it does have a gasket if I remember correctly

 

Yeah my IACV is NOTTHING like that lol idk what ya are working on.

 

ooo i see now... yaa i'm not touching that lol i have a spare iacv anyway and they're so easy to get at a junkyard i just dont care much

 

interesting hummm

 

What's the occasional issue? Check my sig for a High Idle thread. It may be helpful for eliminating a potential idle issue that plagues 4th gens.

 

It's been a little rough for a while. I think the idle may be a bit low, but I haven't bothered with it yet. But recently the idle has started to drift up occasionally when I'm stopped. It's normally around 600, but will drift up to 8 or 900, then sometimes drift back down, depending on long I'm stopped. I've been thinking it might be the ECTS going bad, so it thinks the engine is cold when it's warm and increases the idle, but that's just a guess. I just skimmed through your thread. I have cleaned the TB and the IACV, but I didn't pull the TB to do it, I just came in through the front with some TB cleaner. I'll spend some more time going through that thread, thanks.