Toyota Repair: 1998 toyota camry, accelerator cable, toyota camry


Question
QUESTION: Yes I have this car and some times lately while I start the car it star ok, but some times the rpms goes to 4000 or 3000 and stalls ,then I SHUT IT UP AND DOES IT AGAIN MAY BE A FEW TIMES , AND THEN STARTS FINE AND THE CHECK ENGINE IS ON NOW.please answer.THANK YOU AND god bless

ANSWER: Please find out why the check engine light is on, there is a trouble code in the onboard computer that has to be retreived, this involes connecting a diagnostic scantool to read the codes, when you know what the codes are you can let me know and I may be able to help.

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QUESTION: the obd code is P0446

Answer
This code is an evaporative emission control leak code and has nothing to do with driveability, it won't cause the high idle, although the car should be diagnosed for the 446 code since it affects emision controls, check the gas cap and make sure it's on. The high rpm may be caused by a sticking accelerator cable or a sticking cruise control cable.