[04ctd]

I talked to him for awhile, and here is what i understand:

the car idles & runs fine.


when you slow down from speed,
it will not drop back down to a smooth idle.

you have to brake it down to a stop, and the engine takes a while to settle at a good idle.


I think he revved the motor, shut it off while not at idle
disconnected the battery, and the IAC was not a a "idle" position.

and when he put the new cam in & hooked up the battery, he just plopped the IAC back on.

so either the IAC is not in a "known" location by the ECM,

the TPS is misadjusted,
or the set screw for the throttle blade is holding the throttle open a bit.


either way, i think it's quick job to diagnose with a multi meter or code scanner.

and the tranny is prolly $200 at most to fix, drop pan, drop valve body, find whatever is misaligned,
new fluid, new filter, and away you go.