{"id":61383,"date":"2020-12-02T12:41:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=61383"},"modified":"2020-12-02T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:41:27","slug":"idle-air-control-valve-replacement-1997-ford-taurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/12\/idle-air-control-valve-replacement-1997-ford-taurus","title":{"rendered":"Idle Air Control Valve Replacement 1997 Ford Taurus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is it possible to clean an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/iac-idle-air-control.html\">IAC valve<\/a> (&amp; if so, how?)<br \/><br \/>Also When replacing an IAC valve, shud I replace the gasket also<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-idle-air-control-sensor-replacement\">Idle Air Control Sensor Replacement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>REMOVAL &amp; INSTALLATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Disconnect battery ground cable (14301). Refer to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/battery.html\">Battery<\/a>.<\/li><li>Disconnect the engine control sensor wiring (12A581) from the idle air control valve (IAC valve) (9F715) at the idle air control valve electrical connector.<\/li><li>Remove the two idle air control valve retaining bolts.<\/li><li>Remove the idle air control valve and idle air control gasket (IAC gasket) (9F670).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>NOTE: If scraping is necessary, be careful not to damage idle air control valve gasket surface or drop material into intake manifold (9424) or throttle body (9E926) (depending upon application). Clean idle air control valve gasket mating surfaces.<\/li><li>Follow removal procedure in reverse order.<\/li><li>Tighten the idle air control valve retaining bolts to 8-12 Nm (71-106 lb-in).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1997-ford-taurus-iac-diagram.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76671\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible to clean an IAC valve (&amp; if so, how?) Also When replacing an IAC valve, shud I replace the gasket also Idle Air Control Sensor Replacement REMOVAL &amp; INSTALLATION Removal Disconnect battery ground cable (14301). Refer to\u00a0Battery. Disconnect the engine control sensor wiring (12A581) from the idle air control valve (IAC valve)&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/12\/idle-air-control-valve-replacement-1997-ford-taurus\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Idle Air Control Valve Replacement 1997 Ford Taurus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15523,"featured_media":31940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-ford"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Idle Air Control Valve Replacement 1997 Ford Taurus - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2020\/12\/idle-air-control-valve-replacement-1997-ford-taurus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Idle Air Control Valve Replacement 1997 Ford Taurus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is it possible to clean an IAC valve (&amp; if so, how?) 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