QUOTE(mihai914 @ Oct 10 2006, 09:19 PM)
If you bypass it with a straight piece of tube, your idle will be really high. If you remove it and plug the hose, you'll get some hard starting issues with really low idle untill the engine warms up. Best bet is to try and fix yours, if you plug it on 12V and the casing gets hot, then you may be able to repair it. Pour some Liquid Wrench or PB Blaster in the ports, get the thing worm and gently tap the head to try to unstick the valve, try it numerous times and it will probably free up. If not you can probably find a good used one.
good advise.. with it plugged off starts ok, then again, it doesn't get that cold down here. when i plugged it back into the intake tube, the car will idle up and down(never stalls) just sounds like i am constantly revving up and down between 1000 and 1500.
i am think it's the AAR since it worked reasonable when disconnected.
Robin