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Hi. I'm a newbie to this forum but since I have a 95 and 96 Explorer I ought to get involved. I suspect my Idle Air Control Valve is bad and am wondering if anybody has had good luck with any inexpensive IACs? I see Duralast that Autozone sells is a lot less than Motorcraft.
Related question is, does anybody know the difference is between the Motorcraft CX1846 and CX1845 which is a lot more expensive? They look the same. Normally I like OE branded parts but I might be selling one or both of these trucks soon so maybe cheap is OK....
FYI I suspect the valve because I did a SeaFoam TB cleaning including cleaning the plunger area of the IAC. I heard back when I was a BG chemical rep to idle the vehicles quite a while after performing a TB cleaning through the intake, to make residual chemical go away because some IACs motors don't like chemicals. Anyway the result was a low idle and the truck will sometimes stall at a stop. I did a MAF sensor cleaning at the same time.
Related question is, does anybody know the difference is between the Motorcraft CX1846 and CX1845 which is a lot more expensive? They look the same. Normally I like OE branded parts but I might be selling one or both of these trucks soon so maybe cheap is OK....
FYI I suspect the valve because I did a SeaFoam TB cleaning including cleaning the plunger area of the IAC. I heard back when I was a BG chemical rep to idle the vehicles quite a while after performing a TB cleaning through the intake, to make residual chemical go away because some IACs motors don't like chemicals. Anyway the result was a low idle and the truck will sometimes stall at a stop. I did a MAF sensor cleaning at the same time.