Gen3 4cyl Normal Idle Speed?

[terrynham]

Hi,
I was just wondering with a Camry Gen3 (5S-FE Engine) what is the normal idle speed when in 'D' and stopped?

my one is at 790-800rpm.....i dont know if this is normal , since it is shaking at this speed, but if i give it a little gas to lets say 900-1000rpm, the shaking reduces dramatically, and the car feels normal.

[TRDCAMRY]

I get 750-900 without any shaking. Sounds about right. Plus Under the hood it says idle speed should be 750rpm.

[terrynham]

really? where under the hood does it say what the idle speed should be?

[CrawlingEye]

I idle a bit below 1k, probably like 800rpm.

[Stealth]

yeah 800ish shakes a little (like very little, barely noticable), shakes go away if i rev higher

[BLUEMEANIE]

~900rpm ...I had to reset my tach.

[terrynham]

ok, i misread my tacho (above) it idles at 730-780rpm and shakes a fair bit.....but if i rev it to about 900rpm the shaking is still noticable but is calm enough to bare.

so is there anyway to change the idle speed myself? or do you suggest i try looking at what else could be causing the problem before that?

[Nick]

750 is what it should be, your engine mounts are probably worn

[terrynham]

possibly.....but how can you tell if they are worn? im sure they are not broken though

also i have heard alot of stuff here on TN that the Gen3 4cyl Camry has this problem as some sort of design fault.....is this true?

[87Camry5Speed]

It kind of is a design fault, and we gen2 people have the same issue

My idle floats b/w 500 and 700 rpm (which is admittedly low) and I get the same Bohemian Death Rattle you do. It's really not anything to worry about.

Steve
Steve

[Erbe]

i stay round 1000

[CrawlingEye]

Originally posted by big_p31
i stay round 1000

I used to too, but after I put some injector cleaner in the tank, I started idling a bit lower than 1k rpm.

[5Sfte]

750 rpm is the norm. If the car shakes real bad, you have bad mounts. The only way to adjust the idle is to tighten up the throttle cable. There is no idle adjustment.

[terrynham]

increasing the idle speed would obviously be my last resort

how would you know if the engine mounts are bad? other than the fact that the car is shaking .

also, i dont know if this related or not, but when I feel the car shaking, and I turn on the foglights, headlights, anything electrical, the shaking seems to be a bit stronger with every additional thing i turn on....... I dont think this is the problem, but might somewhat be a small contributing factor.
I had the alternator replaced a year ago, but I can't remember if the car shoke before the replacement since I just bought the car at that time

[Admiral]

Mine revs in the 800 range and also rattles when stopped and goes away with pressure from the gas. I was told that rack and pinion needed to be adjusted but im not to sure about that. I really dont think that turning on other electrical things would cause it though although...sometimes in my dads OLD toyota (79Supra) that does happen.