5M-GE idle adjust Q

[Black Dawg]

Hey, well, I fired up my 5M-GE yesterday (the one I swapped into my MKI). It ran and revved like complete crap, so we swapped coils, and now has tons of power and revs nicely, but still runs a little rough on the bottom end, like it has a miss. Does this sound like a bad pickup, or maybe I just need to run the engine some (it's been sitting like 10 years). Its got a new cap, rotor, and plugs.

The idle on it seems to be stuck pretty high, like 2500 rpm or so. How do I adjust it? Do I loosen the TPS and adjust it that way, or is there another way?

[SupraBob84]

Sam,

There is actually an idle adjust screw on the TB right near where the cables comes onto it. No need to mess with the TPS.

How'd surgery on the :chomper: go anyway?

[Black Dawg]

The surgury went pretty well, actually. The worst part of the whole deal was when the stuck the needle in me to put me out, and I barely felt that, thanks to the NAWZ :D By Saturday I felt fine, but took it easy. Sunday was a trip to the junkyard, Monday was some wrenching. Doesn't hurt too bad, I'm not even needing my pain medication. And I get food stuck in the holes, so I have a snack sitting around whenever I get hungry :(

[FlyinHawaiian]

If you change that screw too much, it will change the tps setting though. easy way to find out if the tps is off a considerable amount is by checking the computer code. If you can't get it to give you any code, your tps is too far off and should be reset. I just went through the same thing a few months ago w/my '85...