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Old 08-20-2012, 01:23 PM   #9 (permalink)
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High idle at startup has nothing to do with the battery going bad. If you think your battery is bad, you need to read the battery voltage after its been at rest for say an hour, not right after you've turned the car off.

If you're simply trying to diagnose the high idle startup I'd start looking elsewhere.
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