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Air Cleaner Howl and CEL

kPatton

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Houston, Texas
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1999 XL
Started getting a resonant howl from my air cleaner. Appears to be coming from the sensor on the air tube between the air cleaner and the injector body.
The CEL is now on. I changed the air filter thinking it was a vacuum leak, this was before the CEL came on. It now hesitates on accelerating from idle.

Any suggestions?
 






Do you know the code that is triggering the CEL?
 






The howl is a common sign of a bad IAC (idle air control valve).
 






kPatton said:
Started getting a resonant howl from my air cleaner. Appears to be coming from the sensor on the air tube between the air cleaner and the injector body.

Any suggestions?

Does the howl sound like this? Click on Woooooo
 






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