How to Clean the Fast Idle Thermo Valve on a Honda

How To: Locate and Clean Your FITV (Fast Idle Thermo Valve)
This is on a 93 Honda Civic coupe.

This is what a car does when the valve gets too dirty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kf3qdG2fxs

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[tummybonz]

your videos tell how to clean the valve's but you never say if it fixed the problem?

[nx2overide]

@tummybonz yes it fixed my problem

[mirc225]

did u screw yours all the way back?

[nx2overide]

@mirc225 screw it back to the same position it was in.. sometimes it takes a little adjusting to get it back to the correct spot.

[jbentley8383]

...Umm..next time can you show us how you took off the valve like that? I been looking at my 92 Civic's FITV for hours trying to see how to take it off. Looks like you have to stand on top of the engine & be as small as the oil filter to get it off.

[nx2overide]

@jbentley8383 right on.. i had to completely remove the throttle body to change mine.. it was a pain because yes the bolts are in really tight places..

[bigpunn421]

if i go full throttle then let off the gas it stalls. it drops rpm too low. is this a FITV problem?

also whats the top vac line thing on the throttle body? the nipple for the line? car i have doesnt have anything there

[danno615]

@nx2overide or anyone else who reads this i have a 92 integra b18 and when i am using my a/c it will cut off on me at stoplights.also it vibrates really bad when its stopped and in drive but when i put it in neutral it is smooth i was just wondering what advice you or anyone else might have, thanks drw

[boolshmool]

@brandonshehow go to a honda dealership 2 dollar fix

[MrWuakalao]

I got a b16a2 and it iddles bad... also when im driving I have 2 take off at high rpm or els it will bogg out alot

[Eksirrob]

did you get new seals?

[brandonshehow]

need help finding a replacement o-ring on the part at 5:04 mine has turned to plastic, ive looked everywhere and cant find anything

[smarttdiablo1]

@smarttdiablo1 but it does not stay at 1000 rpm's it will go down very close to 0 feeling like it going to turn off.

[smarttdiablo1]

I have the same crazy problem. I turn on my car and try to rev it up but it does not suck in much air and does not rev up. But when ever it want it will rev up to 2500 and 3000 rpm when i hold the throttle open and close it a few times. I still have not found the problem. There are 2 holes in front of the throttle plate that feed the IACV (top hole) and the FITV (bottom hole). I cover up the bottom hole but its sucking air which its no supposed to. And i cover both holes and does nothing. Help.

[PuzzleSolver]

Nevermind LOL found it... Now to take off that throttle body