Where is my IACV?

I'm havin really low idle issues and I have no idea where the idle air control valve is. Guy at orriely said you should clean that first before I replace the MAFS

 

Your idle air control motor is attached to the butterfly that you open and close, ie. the throttle, if you folow your plastic air inlet hose from the air filter back to the engine, at the end will be your throttle valve. On the side of your throttle valve will be the idle air control motor. You can use cleaner that is made for fuel injected throttles to clean the valve. Good Luck

 

Don't suppose I could get a picture ? I have a feelings it's the MAF sensor anyway maybe I just go ahead and do that.

 

Here you go, this is a thread off the technical chat board. http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/technical-chat/94203-how-throttle-body-cleaning-2005-v6.html

Look at the thread about halfway down, there will be a picture of the throttle body. If you look under the throttle opening, you will see a little motor under there. You will see some wires that run the motor, when you see the IAC motor. I hope this helps.

 

Repped as well

 

be careful with using carb and choke cleaner... too much and youll burn out your o2 sensors just fyi from experience lol

 

You know what i turn the truck on and it idles like crap then I unplug the plug goin into the throttle body and it idles great. Turn the track back off plug it in and it runs like crap again....sooo new throttle body?

 

Alright I just cleaned the throttle body. Took it out and cleaned the crap outa the butterfly and all that with throttle body cleaner. I buncha of black soot and gunk came out and it's running pretty dang good now

 

what part is the IAC exactly? You dont mean the MAF do you? Also, I dont think 2nd gens have an IACV

 

yeah I dont think there is one. i can't locate anything like that and when I looked for a replacement part I couldnt find one for the 2nd gen tacomas. The truck is running great now. Its not dropping below 400 anymore and sounds normal again!

 

I am sorry that I posted some incorect info about the IAC motor on the throttle body. I should have studied the picture more before I posted and I see that Whippersnapper 02 and NMC are correct and the throttle control motor compensates like a IAC motor would.
I guess going from a 98 GM to a 12 taco has a little bit of a learning curve attached to it. I am glad that the throttle cleaning has fixed your problem.

 

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IACV is a relic from the days before electronic control throttle. With the throttle cable eliminated from the new engines, the ECU simply uses the same butterfly valve for idle and off idle operation.

Dude at Oreily probably drives a J#$P.