IMRC stuck OPEN. Any info on stuck OPEN?
I have been researching IMRC issues for awhile now as I have been suspecting mine are stuck closed, because the car feels sluggish. I have revved the engine past 3250rpm from the engine bay to see if the imrc cables jump like they should (I have seen them jump before), but have noticed that neither of the cables jump nor even move anymore.
No CEL on. I scanned the car anyways and came up with P1519 IMRC stuck open b1 (electric imrc). Through research apparently that should be the code for stuck closed? and stuck open should be P1518. I also found code P1270 for engine rpm or speed limiter reached (wtf made me lol).
Anyways I have already planned to clean them, just haven't found time. I already have read the how to's for cleaning them and have them bookmarked so I'm good there, but I'm finding mixed reviews on whether or not I need to replace the gaskets. My motor has 67500 miles if that makes any difference. I have located ford replacement gaskets for the intake to imrc plates but not for the head to imrc plates. Any suggestion on where to buy these?
I do not wish to delete them; just looking to clean them.
If the they are stuck open, wouldn't that not really be an issue? Almost as if I had zip tied them open. The car feels really sluggish and does not seem to pull as hard.
I have a Bama mail order tune which I believe is rubbish. The car has seen better days when it had the stock tune. My gas mileage has gone down considerably. Idle is at 1000 rpm which is too high imo. The car only runs well with the race tune. I reflashed the car back to stock as well as removed the codes and the car seemed to pull much better. My heart actually began to beat faster as I felt I was accelerating much faster than usual (which is not usual).
With the Bama tune on, the idle was quite weird. There were popping noises coming from the exhaust as if unburnt gas was being burnt in the pipes. The tune is complete garbage but I got it to get rid of the CEL for no cats (mils failed). The car seems to run very rich with the Bama tune. My other friends have no cats and there's a faint odor of having no cats but mine is unusually strong.
Where can I locate the head to imrc gaskets? (I found the intake to imrc gaskets from Ford and Felpro on LMR and CJ pony parts respectively)
Would cleaning the IMRCs fix the stuck open code since they are stuck open not closed?
Could it be that one or both of the cables are frayed?
Do to my limited time, I wish to be fully prepared to take on this task. I don't want to open it and find out I didn't need the gaskets after all or vice versa. I also don't want to find out my actuator is actually broken or that I need deletes bc I might not have all that time. ugh I need a vacation to fix all this.
Sorry for the long post, I like to be as detailed as possible. Thanks in advance fellas!
I have been researching IMRC issues for awhile now as I have been suspecting mine are stuck closed, because the car feels sluggish. I have revved the engine past 3250rpm from the engine bay to see if the imrc cables jump like they should (I have seen them jump before), but have noticed that neither of the cables jump nor even move anymore.
No CEL on. I scanned the car anyways and came up with P1519 IMRC stuck open b1 (electric imrc). Through research apparently that should be the code for stuck closed? and stuck open should be P1518. I also found code P1270 for engine rpm or speed limiter reached (wtf made me lol).
Anyways I have already planned to clean them, just haven't found time. I already have read the how to's for cleaning them and have them bookmarked so I'm good there, but I'm finding mixed reviews on whether or not I need to replace the gaskets. My motor has 67500 miles if that makes any difference. I have located ford replacement gaskets for the intake to imrc plates but not for the head to imrc plates. Any suggestion on where to buy these?
I do not wish to delete them; just looking to clean them.
If the they are stuck open, wouldn't that not really be an issue? Almost as if I had zip tied them open. The car feels really sluggish and does not seem to pull as hard.
I have a Bama mail order tune which I believe is rubbish. The car has seen better days when it had the stock tune. My gas mileage has gone down considerably. Idle is at 1000 rpm which is too high imo. The car only runs well with the race tune. I reflashed the car back to stock as well as removed the codes and the car seemed to pull much better. My heart actually began to beat faster as I felt I was accelerating much faster than usual (which is not usual).
With the Bama tune on, the idle was quite weird. There were popping noises coming from the exhaust as if unburnt gas was being burnt in the pipes. The tune is complete garbage but I got it to get rid of the CEL for no cats (mils failed). The car seems to run very rich with the Bama tune. My other friends have no cats and there's a faint odor of having no cats but mine is unusually strong.
Where can I locate the head to imrc gaskets? (I found the intake to imrc gaskets from Ford and Felpro on LMR and CJ pony parts respectively)
Would cleaning the IMRCs fix the stuck open code since they are stuck open not closed?
Could it be that one or both of the cables are frayed?
Do to my limited time, I wish to be fully prepared to take on this task. I don't want to open it and find out I didn't need the gaskets after all or vice versa. I also don't want to find out my actuator is actually broken or that I need deletes bc I might not have all that time. ugh I need a vacation to fix all this.
Sorry for the long post, I like to be as detailed as possible. Thanks in advance fellas!
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