Engine idling wierd?

[ecarnby]

Hi guys and gals.

So long story short, car wouldnt start this morning so I took the starter out which I had to take the valve cover on the front off to get to a bolt. Anyways, got the starter tested and it ended up being my battery. While while I was working around the cover, I bumped off a tubing that looked like it was leaking coolant. I put the starter back in, changed the oil ( I had to take the oil filter off to reach the other bolt) and put everything back on. The engine when started, vibrated alot and it sounds like its idling just weird up and down up and down slow vibrates. I wonder if I bumped the idle adjustment somehow when I moved the cover up to get the bolt out? I didnt touch anything else and put everything back in order. I even replaced mty plugs thinking it would be missing. Please help if you can.

Thank you !

[TrdSpeed140]

pictures of what you think you knocked loose would be very helpful in helping you.

[dorman68]

My car did the same exact thing after replacing the battery about a month ago. When the battery was out the computer lost its memory. The computer has to relearn its settings. After about 1-2 days of driving my car relearned itself and now runs perfect.

[knfenimore]

The computer loses it mind when the battery power is removed. They make a plug in that goes in the aux/cigarrette power jack. You plug it in with a 9v battery and it holds the computer memory and radio memory. The great thing is it only costs a couple of bucks.