Danger of Driving Without an IAC?

[ParkerRocker]

I killed my IAC with brakeleen cuz im a retard. Is there any danger to driving without it for a while?

Also my idle is screwy, it is anywhere from 500 rpm to 2000 and it is constantly surging like the AC is on, would the IAC cause this?

I am getting a CEL, i will pull the codes this week

 

[Blacksheep Josh]

I would say if it all started when the IAC went bad, then yes, it's probably causing all of that.

Replace it asap, you dont' want anything else going bad.

 

[mehedgec]

Its called an idle air control valve for a reason...

 

[fixxxer]

You probably won't do any more damage in the short term but it will be hell for your gas mileage and engine performance (like you've already noticed)

 

[Maniak]

A bad TPS could also cause a bouncing idle.. but the IAC goes bad more often than a TPS..

~Mark